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Another embarrassing Dutch bicycle education video

Posted on August 16, 2019 by jsallen

Here’s a video from the Dutch cycling Embassy, a promotion. Dutch education teaches children how to follow Dutch rules. It doesn’t teach them basics of bike handling or safety in traffic. The teacher makes an empty claim that it does, … Continue reading →

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Equal rights = equity?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by jsallen

Equity, or sometimes equality, is the 6th “E” most recently added to the original three in traffic safety programs which were used as far back as the 1930s: engineering, education and enforcement, and two other E’s which were applied to … Continue reading →

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Street Traffic Regulations: classic book online

Posted on January 28, 2011 by jsallen

My friend Bob Shanteau writes: Another reason scofflaws give [to justify their behavior] is that traffic laws are intended only for motorists, reflecting a total ignorance of the origins of those laws. Google has made the 1909 book “Street Traffic … Continue reading →

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