Re: Are SUVs "evil" and bikes "good"?

Originally Posted by genec
"This reasoning is why I'd like to see a traffic education program
that begins in lower grades. In Elementary School I'd like to see the
basics taught to 8-9 year olds. In Middle School, cycling in traffic
should be taught... just like progressing from adding and subtracting
to multiplying and division. Then in High School, with this cycling
education as a prerequisite, driver's ed should be offered, with lots
of class room simulator time and some associated ethics and
responsibility lessons thrown in. I find it quite amazing that the
three Rs do not also include a 4th R, for Road Use... something we all
do for nearly the rest of our lives... and yet it is given so little
focus in our educational system. Is it any wonder that even cops may
not know the laws regarding cyclists on the roads?"

I'd put this on the back of T-****rts, "Cyclists are people too!" Well,
it's basic knowledge, but many people act as if they were bums.

Of course, then we have to remind them, "Bums are people too!"