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Teaching Safe Bicycling

On April 21st, 2007, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety and the UW-Eau Claire Police Department co-sponsored a Teaching Safe Bicycling workshop at the university. Attendees were certified in teaching safe bicycling to children.

UW-Eau Claire Police Officer Jon Strand represented the department at this workshop and developed the following skills

• How children differ from adults as bicycle riders and how the crashes they get into are different.
• How to develop and organize a successful child rider training event in your community.
• Work with service organizations, schools, community leaders, media and law enforcement to assure safe riding in the community.
• Understand state-of-the-art skills related to safe bicycle riding and tips on how to teach hazard avoidance to children.
• Experience hands-on hazard identification in bicycle riding areas and know who to work with to eliminate or correct these hazards.

Please contact the department with any questions or comments you may have in regard to this course.
 

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