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November 26, 2009

Bikers need Education too.

I've heard much talk about educating the community (mainly drivers) and making the environment safer for bikers, but how about the safety of pedestrians when bikers wiz by, completely ignoring traffic signals and almost colliding with pedestrians who are crossing correctly and appropriately? On two occasions this year, I have had near misses with a biker that made no means to alert me of their presence - on both occasions, the biker had run a red light. Bikers also need to take extra caution - With no disrespect to the student in this article, I am hard pressed to completely believe that a bike accident (especially around our campus area) is completely a driver's fault. I have seen too many reckless bikers, particularly this fall, to believe that. In addition to education, I would like to see a program that would hold bikers more accountable for the traffic laws (such as stopping at red lights).

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