Effective Cycling is a trademarked cycling educational program designed by John Forester, which was promoted for a number of years by the League of American Wheelmen. The Effective Cycling program consists of a book, a training video, and a training course all using the Effective Cycling name. The purpose of the program is to teach cyclists how to use bicycles safely for transportation as well as recreational purposes. It teaches cyclists how to ''enjoy'' cycling in traffic, safely. The heart of the program is a set of vehicular cycling practices based upon years of collecting data on how experienced, low-incident cyclists behave. The primary thrust of these recommendations is that bicycle operators should obey the rules of the road, including establishing a clear presence on the road instead of self-defeating behaviors such as riding on the sidewalk or in the gutter. Forester argues that these self-defeating behaviors increase the likelihood of a collision with another vehicle instead of minimizing it. Forester summarizes the rules of the road in five principles: #Use the correct half of the road, and not the sidewalk (or "pavement"). #Yield to cross traffic when required. #Yield when moving laterally across the road. #Choose the correct lane and position within the lane at intersections and their approaches, based on your destination. For cyclists, this often involves taking the lane. #Between intersections move away from the curb based on speed relative to other traffic and effective lane width. Forester sums up Effective Cycling with what he calls the vehicular cycling (VC) principle: "Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles." This injunction is consistent with the rules of the road, which generally apply to all types of drivers of vehicles. A smaller subset of rules apply to specific kinds of vehicles (e.g. bicycles, motorcycles, heavy goods vehicles, mopeds, passenger automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles). The VC principle is often misunderstood to mean "act like you're a car". At most, it means to act like a driver of a low-powered motorcycle. Forester's injunction speaks not only to cyclist behavior but also to the way cyclists should be treated by motorists, police, and road engineers. Forester generally opposes facilities that encourage motorists or bicyclists to behavior contary to the rules of the road, which is how he views most bicycle lanes and Cycle path debate. This contention is challenged by those who believe that Segregated bicycle facilities such as bicycle paths and bike lanes increase cyclist safety or at least increase the number of bicyclists. ==External links== *[http://www.johnforester.com John Forester's website] *[http://www.sactaqc.org/Resources/Literature/Bike_Ped/Cycling_Safety.htm "Cycling Safety On Bikeways vs. Roads" - A response to an article of John Forester's] *"[http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tfhrc/safety/pubs/99034/intro.htm A Comparative Analysis of Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes: Final Report]", FHWA-RD-99-034. **[http://www.johnforester.com/Articles/Facilities/BLvsWCL.htm John Forester's review of the analysis] *[http://www.bicycledriving.com Bicycle Transportation Institute] *[http://www.bikexprt.com John S. Allen's bicycling pages, including Street Smarts] *[http://www.bikeleague.org/educenter/education.htm LAB's Bike Ed program, based on the principles of Effective Cycling] ==References== *''Effective Cycling'' by John Forester, ISBN 0262560704 vehicular cycling
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Effective Cycling is a trademarked cycling educational program designed by John Forester, which was promoted for a number of years by the League of American Wheelmen. The Effective Cycling program consists of a book, a training video, and a training course all using the Effective Cycling name. The purpose of the program is to teach cyclists how to use bicycles safely for transportation as well as recreational purposes. It teaches cyclists how to ''enjoy'' cycling in traffic, safely. The heart of the program is a set of vehicular cycling practices based upon years of collecting data on how experienced, low-incident cyclists behave. The primary thrust of these recommendations is that bicycle operators should obey the rules of the road, including establishing a clear presence on the road instead of self-defeating behaviors such as riding on the sidewalk or in the gutter. Forester argues that these self-defeating behaviors increase the likelihood of a collision with another vehicle instead of minimizing it. Forester summarizes the rules of the road in five principles: #Use the correct half of the road, and not the sidewalk (or "pavement"). #Yield to cross traffic when required. #Yield when moving laterally across the road. #Choose the correct lane and position within the lane at intersections and their approaches, based on your destination. For cyclists, this often involves taking the lane. #Between intersections move away from the curb based on speed relative to other traffic and effective lane width. Forester sums up Effective Cycling with what he calls the vehicular cycling (VC) principle: "Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles." This injunction is consistent with the rules of the road, which generally apply to all types of drivers of vehicles. A smaller subset of rules apply to specific kinds of vehicles (e.g. bicycles, motorcycles, heavy goods vehicles, mopeds, passenger automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles). The VC principle is often misunderstood to mean "act like you're a car". At most, it means to act like a driver of a low-powered motorcycle. Forester's injunction speaks not only to cyclist behavior but also to the way cyclists should be treated by motorists, police, and road engineers. Forester generally opposes facilities that encourage motorists or bicyclists to behavior contary to the rules of the road, which is how he views most bicycle lanes and Cycle path debate. This contention is challenged by those who believe that Segregated bicycle facilities such as bicycle paths and bike lanes increase cyclist safety or at least increase the number of bicyclists. ==External links== *[http://www.johnforester.com John Forester's website] *[http://www.sactaqc.org/Resources/Literature/Bike_Ped/Cycling_Safety.htm "Cycling Safety On Bikeways vs. Roads" - A response to an article of John Forester's] *"[http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tfhrc/safety/pubs/99034/intro.htm A Comparative Analysis of Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes: Final Report]", FHWA-RD-99-034. **[http://www.johnforester.com/Articles/Facilities/BLvsWCL.htm John Forester's review of the analysis] *[http://www.bicycledriving.com Bicycle Transportation Institute] *[http://www.bikexprt.com John S. Allen's bicycling pages, including Street Smarts] *[http://www.bikeleague.org/educenter/education.htm LAB's Bike Ed program, based on the principles of Effective Cycling] ==References== *''Effective Cycling'' by John Forester, ISBN 0262560704 vehicular cycling
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