To remind cyclists to put lights on their bikes with the reduced daylight hours, Tauranga City Council, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Travel Safe and NZ Police have begun the annual Be Bright campaign.
Checkpoints with Travel Safe staff assessing and providing reflective gear and lights to cyclists will be set up between May 2 and 11, from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.
Travel safe programme leader Karen Smith says cyclists' visibility to other road users, especially during times of low light and poor visibility, is essential to their safety.
'Using front and rear bike lights and wearing bright, reflective and high-visibility clothing are simple ways for cyclists to improve their visibility.”
Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty's Be Bright campaign will involve checkpoints at high traffic spots where the Travel Safe team will assess cyclists' reflective gear and lights.
Riders who have adequate lights will be rewarded with safe reflective cycling gear such as backpack covers, cat eyes and ankle and arm bands. Cyclists who do not have adequate lights will be fitted with a set of lights.
ACC Workplaces and Toi Te Ora – Public Health Service will encourage workplaces to support active transport and physical activity through promotion of the 'Be bright, Be safe, Be Seen – Safe cycling” campaign as part of their WorkWell programme.
NZ Police will do a follow-up campaign encouraging cyclists to be safe and be seen.
Cities, towns and regions around New Zealand, including Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty, will focus on increasing cyclists' awareness on how to improve their own and their bike's visibility.
The ‘Be Bright' campaign for cyclists was launched in April 2017 to coincide with the end of daylight savings and will run until mid-June.
Be Bright checkpoints between 4.30pm – 5.30pm:
Tuesday, May 2: Harbour Bridge, city centre side
Wednesday, May 3: Papamoa Beach Road near Sunrise Avenue
Friday, May 5: Turret Road
Monday, May 8: Chapel Street, bridge at Otumoetai end
Tuesday, May 9: Cameron Road by Tauranga Hospital
Thursday, May 11: Matapihi Bridge
2 comments
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Posted on 01-05-2017 19:10 | By old trucker
it will be breath testing,(lol) the hrs are at the busiest end eh, immmm, i remember having 2 dynamos, 2 head lights, 2x 6 foot foot aerials on rear carrier a delivery bag for 50 heralds ,2 rear red lights, mud flaps back and front, pimp my ride, my how times have changed, you had to pedal hard too run those 2 dynamos, also the Police had big dynamos on their motor bikes for SIREN run on the back wheel, and im only 27, Thanks Sunlive 10-4 out.
Bike and motorcycles used to.....
Posted on 01-05-2017 22:26 | By GreertonBoy
Have the safety benefits of having their headlight on during the day for visibility (being seen).... but now there are so many cars with day running lights and people in cars having their headlights on during the day, the bikes, both motor and pedal now just blend in with all of the other vehicles with lights blaring during the day.... not to mention, now at night, cyclists with helmet mounted LED headlights often blind car drivers when the riders helmet faces the car. I think the only way that cyclists would get the attention of car drivers is if they were allowed to have a blue light/headlight... usually when a driver sees a blue light (even out of the corner of their eye), they tend to instantly behave.... funny that
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