Don't Ride The Wrong Way

The Law Officer's Guide to Bicycle Safety

Welcome and Overview
Welcome to the Law Officer's Guide to Bicycle Safety. In 2002, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded a grant to MassBike to develop a national program to educate police departments about laws relating to bicyclists. Initial seed money for the project was provided by the Charles River Wheelmen. The program is intended to be taught by law enforcement officers to law enforcement officers as a stand-alone resource. The major objective of the program is to give law enforcement officers of all backgrounds the tools they need to properly enforce the laws that affect bicyclists. The program focuses on all police officers, including those who may not be interested in bicycling or who are not able to attend in-depth trainings. The program will also be useful to police departments who wish to do outreach to the bicycle community or other organizations.

NHTSA is currently restructuring the program so that police can receive continuing education credit for completing it. The materials MassBike developed are available here for free downloading by interested citizens, officers, and advocacy groups.

For more info and to download these videos visit http://massbike.org/police/


For more information about MassBike and all that it does please visit http://massbike.org

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[samten10a]

Riding the wrong way is violation of the law and depending on the officer $120 to $750 for reckless driving. If the cop can get his lazy ass out of the car.

One day the city will realize it as another source of income to help keep the taxies down. So there is hope.

[stopglobalswarming]

Hooray. I can't stand when bicycles ride the wrong way on the roadway!

[JohnB207]

Another criticism on the "lawful cyclist" (the first one, that is): He is passing the right-turning bus on the right!

On a related note, my friend the anti-bike lane advocate points out that the presence of the bike lane right up to the intersection (which is even against AASHTO standards) encourages the bus to try to turn right from the left of the bike lane, increasing the potential for just this right-hook situation.

[JohnB207]

Pretty good. Only criticism is that the "lawful cyclist" at the end is riding in the door zone.