Bikeability

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Bikeability

• What cyclists can do to enhance their pleasure
  and safety

EUROPEAN ROAD SAFEFETY DAY Paris 13 October
2008 Dr Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General ECF
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Road safety has three main areas of influence
the road, the vehicle and the user
Safer lorries due to EU directive on blind spot
mirrors !
Safer infrastructure due to reducing speed via
road design
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The users safety is influenced by his knowledge,
his experience and the other road users
Showing what you want
Practice Behaviour
Positioning
Cyclist
Negotiating
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More safety by showing what you want !

• Let the other road users know
• that you are there (be visible),
• which direction you will go,
• whether you want to go first or let him/her go
  first

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More safety by good positioning - a key skill for
both adults and children
Of all cycling skills, road positioning is
probably the most important, for it is through
their position on the road that cyclists can
exert the greatest influence on their safety in
traffic. (cit. from cyclecraft)
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More safety by negotiating with other road users !

• Make contact with the other road user and
  negotiate with him/her
• Look into his/her eyes and check if he/she sees
  you
• be friendly and be clear on what you want
• agree on that you share the space

Enschede (NL) - 1951
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Cyclecraft contains invaluable advice which
will contribute greatly to road
safetyRecommendation by the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
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Thank you for your attention !

• Join the next Velo-city Conference
• 12th 15th May
• 2009 in Brussels

www.ecf.com - b.ensink_at_ecf.com