safety

ABC and PEDS are doubling teaming the unsafe intersection of 17th and Spring streets. Today a local Fox news reporter covered the issue, even mounting a video camera to the bicycle of ABC member John Tackett, who was hit by a car while trying to navigate the disappearing bike lane. Read more to see the photos, or watch the news tonight for the story.

The Atlanta Journal posed several questions to cyclists in the July 31st CityLife section and we would love for our members and supporters to respond. The questions are as follows:

A cyclist who appeared in ABC's "I'm on that bike" ads, John Tackett, was hit by a car last week (see John's blog for details). But unlike most car/bike crashes, it may be that neither party was to blame. Instead, faulty street design, or rather lack of design, may be the culprit. 

A helmet is probably the single most important piece of cycling safety equipment and - as it appears from sightings around town - the one most often improperly used. This is particularly troubling in the case of young children who rely on their parents to fit their helmets so that their heads are protected when they fall.

To help out confused parents, Margaret, an Atlanta native, rising sixth-grader, and member of an ABC-member family, agreed to share her helmet expertise with us in the following interview.

From time to time we will share with you links to products - especially safety-related ones - that you might find useful. These are neither advertisements nor endorsements.

ABC volunteer Ruth Stanford put us on to these innovative battery-free lighted pedals from Pedalite. Thank you, Ruth.