Exchanging places to raise safety awareness
Exchanging places to raise safety awareness
Supporting Bike Week
- When: 20 June from 4 - 6 pm
- Where: Corner of Fenchurch Street & Billiter Street, City of London
Keltbray is teaming up with the City of London Police, London Cycling Campaign and City Corporation to host an exchanging places event.
This was planned for bike week, but due to the bad weather will be held next week. The event give people walking and riding an opportunity to swap places with a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driver and see the road from their perspective.
Many people do not realise that in some positions they can completely disappear from the view of the driver.
Some HGV's have several blind spots where people riding or walking on the road cannot be seen at all. At the event you can sit in the Drivers seat and watch as another person travels alongside the HGV to the front of the vehicle. This allows them to experience and see for themselves where the blind spots occur - so that they can stay safe in future.
Take advantage of this eye-opening experience and join us!
There will be Dr. Bike maintenance and Bike Marking services offered to all those who attend.
Hannah Brice, Head of Communications at Keltbray, said
“This is not the first time we have taken part in an Exchanging Places event for we believe the more awareness we can raise around road safety, the better. Of course, all of our drivers receive extensive training before driving our vehicles on the roads but we want to play a part in ensuring that pedestrians, cyclists and drivers all look out for each other and this event seemed like the perfect way to do that.”
In the City of London we offer free bike checks and exchanging places. Free cycle training is available to anyone who lives, works or studies in the Square Mile.
Contact us: RDR@cityoflondon.gov.uk if you are interested in cycle training
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