Responsible Cycling Coalition Stresses Education in Report to Coroner

December 1, 2011 in biking by Dave

The Responsible Cycling Coalition – a group whose purpose is to locally promote skilled and law abiding cycling – has sent their recommendations to the Coroner investigating cycling deaths in Ontario.

Their recommendations are a mix of education and prevention:

Create a strong messaging component for all road users, to modify their behaviour and attitudes while on the road.
Develop shared road use education components in the provincial driver’s handbook, testing and education programs.
Implement shared road use education in bicycle skills training programs delivered widespread and in a variety of forms to all ages of people.
Target enforcement of the law in situations that most compromise cycling safety.
This means ticketing both motor vehicle operators, and cyclists acting irresponsibly.
Engineer roadway rehabilitation to enhance shared road use, and implement infrastructure changes where evidence is clear that a benefit will be realized.
Use innovative approaches to mould a more co-operative, considerate, integrated and respectful roadway environment for the province of the future.

To read the full recommendations, read RCC’s full report to the coroner: RCCtotheCoroner.

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