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happy	26 Mar 06:54
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 302 Bike: Orange P7 with Rock Shox, Michelin Wildgripper Lites, XTR Chainset My Profile	Article on BBC today about new cycle proficiency tests in England. Basically they are planning to invest 10 million pounds in order to try and get kids better on bikes but also to encourage them to cycle to school. Sounds like a fairly good idea as they are going to get kids trained and tested on the roads rather than in the playground. Not sure if that is an accident waiting to happen lol. If I remember correctly my school used to do cycle proficiency but it was only every 2nd year and I missed out, shame lol. Full story here
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Article on BBC today about new cycle proficiency tests in England. Basically they are planning to invest 10 million pounds in order to try and get kids better on bikes but also to encourage them to cycle to school.

Sounds like a fairly good idea as they are going to get kids trained and tested on the roads rather than in the playground. Not sure if that is an accident waiting to happen lol.

If I remember correctly my school used to do cycle proficiency but it was only every 2nd year and I missed out, shame lol.

Full story here

My Latest Route: Oct 2010 Livingston to Ayr Avoiding A71

sam	31 Mar 14:13
Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 2 Bike:	I think this is a very good idea, and hopefully there will be no accidents! They did cycling proficiency in my school, but it was very basic and didn't involve leaving the school grounds. They taught us about traffic lights and when to give way etc but we all knew that stuff already! I had to teach myself how to navigate roundabouts, box junctions and multi carriageways. Sometimes I still feel scared to death when surrounded by cars on a double roundabout!! I wish they taught us properly in school, but then I suppose my school didn't want to be liable if anything did happen. There has been a surge in the creation of cyclepaths and safe routes, and I welcome the new scheme which should help sustain their use. Let's hope this scheme goes well, and gets extended throughout Britain.

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I think this is a very good idea, and hopefully there will be no accidents!

They did cycling proficiency in my school, but it was very basic and didn't involve leaving the school grounds. They taught us about traffic lights and when to give way etc but we all knew that stuff already!

I had to teach myself how to navigate roundabouts, box junctions and multi carriageways. Sometimes I still feel scared to death when surrounded by cars on a double roundabout!! I wish they taught us properly in school, but then I suppose my school didn't want to be liable if anything did happen.

There has been a surge in the creation of cyclepaths and safe routes, and I welcome the new scheme which should help sustain their use. Let's hope this scheme goes well, and gets extended throughout Britain.

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