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Originally Posted by Sideblinder
A bike safety class should be mandatory, as well as registration of bicycles to force people to take it. Unfortunately it's the only way. Also in most places Ben, all the things you listed are required by law. I do a lot of cycling while sharing the road with cars, and the only way it's going to get safer for cyclists is if all cyclists drive in a uniform manner so drivers can know what to expect from us. People driving bikes without knowledge/adherence to the law are endangering the lives of other cyclists.
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I like this plan, if only because then when people ask why I don't ride my race bike I can say "it's not exactly street legal"
I remember being in bike safety classes in grade school. Although I suppose those would do as well as "spelling" and "math" courses do nowadays.