Bicycle Advisory Committee

BICYCLE SAFETY TIPS

           Last year, the city formed a Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC) to provide suggestions to the city council about bicycling and bicycle safety in our city. Cottonwood Heights’ proximity to the two canyons results in many bicyclists on Fort Union, Bengal, and Wasatch Blvd’s. The convergence of bicycles, motorized vehicles, and on occasion pedestrians, presents numerous possibilities for accidents. With summer upon us, the BAC offers the following tip for summer bicycle safety;
            The problem: When you ride the wrong way (against traffic) and a car makes a right turn from side street, driveway or parking lot, they have no reason to expect someone to be coming at them from the wrong direction.
            How to avoid this collision: Do not ride against traffic. Studies continually show that riding the wrong way (against traffic) is more dangerous than riding with traffic.
Watch the News Journal each month for additional bicycle safety tips from the BAC.

 

 

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