Bicycle Traffic School Coming Fall 2007
We're happy to announce that the Community Traffic Safety Coalition in collaboration with People Power has developed a Bicycle Traffic School for Santa Cruz County. The Bicycle Traffic School will allow a bicyclist who has been cited for a traffic violation the one-time option of paying a $35 fee to attend a two-hour bicycle safety course in lieu of paying their citation fine.
The Bicycle Traffic School was scheduled as an item on the June 26th Santa Cruz City Council agenda. Many members of the community and People Power were present at the City Council meeting to support the program. In the end, the City Council unanimously voted to support the concept of a bicycle traffic school. Letters of support for the program were provided by the police departments of Scotts Valley, Watsonville, and UCSC, and also from the California Highway Patrol.
Instructors for the program are veteran cyclists in the community who have been trained in Road I or have their League Cycling Instructor certification from the League of American Bicyclists. To learn more about the League's BikeEd program, go to their web site at www.bikeleague.org/programs/education.
Many thanks to the People Power members who have been instrumental in getting this program off the ground!