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Home » ‘Defensive Cycling’: An online course for dismissing a traffic ticket

‘Defensive Cycling’: An online course for dismissing a traffic ticket

Online ticket dismissal course for cyclists

  • Available for implementation anywhere in the USA and Canada.

Interactive, online training

  • Customized for your state/provincial laws and local regulations.

Please choose one of the following:

'Defensive Cycling' ticket dismissal course: information for Courts, attorneys, and law enforcement officers
'Defensive Cycling' ticket dismissal course: information for course participants
  • Trigger an unresponsive traffic light on your bicycle.<!--<br />Seasoned rider? New to cycling in traffic? Add years of experience to your tool kit right now.-->
    Trigger an unresponsive traffic light on your bike.
  • Improve your daytime (and nighttime) visibility when riding your bicycle.
    Improve your daytime (and nighttime) visibility.
  • Be maneuverable, visible, predictable, and communicative on a bicycle in traffic
    How to be an MVP-C: maneuverable, visible, predictable, and communicative.
  • Move away from the curb to make yourself more visible & gain maneuverability.
    Moving away from the curb: when it's legal, and safer, to be further left in the lane.
  • Discourage the left cross in an intersection on your bicycle.
    Discourage the left cross in an intersection.
  • Pass parked cars on your bicycle without concern.
    Pass parked cars without concern.
Sample content from our online defensive cycling courses.

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1 month ago

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When you ride up to a traffic light and nothing happens, and you wait and wait...It doesn't happen to people driving a car, yet there are ways of getting the light to change. (And if it doesn't, here's what you can do.)thecce.org/cycling-skills/traffic/triggering-a-traffic-light-on-your-bike/ ... See MoreSee Less

Triggering a traffic light on your bike | The Center for Cycling Education

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How to get an unresponsive traffic light to detect your bicycle.
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Brompton Bikes plans £100m wetland factory on stilts

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Britain’s biggest cycle maker commissions circular factory over Ashford floodplain with capacity to make 200,000 bikes a year
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11 months ago

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Now available: an extensive update to our Traffic Smarts for Cyclists courses! Separate versions for Canada and the USA.Act now before the upcoming price increase.thecce.org/online-courses/ ... See MoreSee Less

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The Center for Cycling Education

1 years ago

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A worthwhile article. Thanks very much to Ron Richings for sharing."Cycling alone in the dark is still a privilege.""Planners need to be thinking about the people who are the least likely cyclists: older people, the disabled, women, and children,” Clement said. “And if you think of disabled people first, in particular, you’ll often cover everybody’s needs.”"usa.streetsblog.org/2021/02/12/how-to-support-women-on-bikes-in-winter/ ... See MoreSee Less

How to Support Women on Bikes in Winter

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“In order for the bike boom to continue, we have to include everyone, and that’s not just about snow clearance,” said one panelist at the Winter Cycling Conference.
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Framing things in the right way. This is fun to watch.(Thanks to Christopher Stanton for making me aware of this.) ... See MoreSee Less

How I Deal With Kids Playing in My Driveway | The Saga of My Driveway Racetrack

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Every night I would get an alert from my driveway security camera, and at first I was a bit annoyed, but then I found myself looking forward to the evening a...

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