Tag: bicycle safety

• Reflective kids vest, group order

  I’m putting together a group order for reflective kids vests (Safetybright.com). Let me know if you’re interested. Plain yellow vest Yellow V with blinkies

  jedreynolds

  September 16, 2011

  Cycling, Health

  bicycle safety, vest, yellow

• Statistics

  I quote a comment wrt to the proposed Oregon child bicycle law: According the CDC ( http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/childpas.htm ) : “In the United States during 2005, 1,335 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 184,000 were injured.” Accordining to http://www.helmets.org/stats.htm , which sourced it’s data from http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pubs/811156.pdf : 2008 data shows:…

  jedreynolds

  January 14, 2011

  Cycling, Health, sustainable living

  bicycle family, bicycle safety, law

• Thew away my helmet!

  I took a spill on Friday on Maplewood. The concrete road has a rough lip where the asphalt shoulder meets it…and I didn’t stay clear of it. After I picked myself up and got out of the way of a bus and three cars waiting for me, I straightened my handlebars and was able to…

  jedreynolds

  August 23, 2010

  Cycling, sustainable living

  bellingham, bicycle safety, helmet, Maplewood, Northwest, traffic