Effective Traffic Riding Home | Part 1 - Primary and Secondary Positions | Part 2 - Filtering in Traffic
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Introducing the fundamentals of riding in modern traffic conditions
Cycling Proficiency served the cycling community well for many years. It was based on the concept of safety for cyclists being afforded by separation from motorized traffic. The constant refrain from former instructors and ‘seasoned’ riders was “get over to the left – keep out of the way of the traffic”. This was all very well in the halcyon days of quiet country roads, not so many motor vehicles and greater numbers of people riding bikes.
On today’s roads with much higher volumes of traffic, being driven by seemingly less patient drivers, cyclists need a whole new set of skills, in fact a completely different way of thinking, in order to ride effectively, and thereby safely, in and with the motoring fraternity. To put it simply, they need to think and behave like advanced drivers. They need to take their rightful place on the road - integrated with the rest of the traffic.
In Effective Traffic Riding, we look at the fundamental principles of road positioning, filtering in traffic and dealing with roundabouts
Part 1 – Primary and Secondary Positions
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