1724 Woodman Drive
Dayton Regional Stem School
5/18/16
Morning Period
Nathan Collier,
Tavion Adams-West,
Caleb Wilcoxson
Today a member of the Dayton Police Bike Patrol came to the DRSS to talk to us about bike safety. His name was Officer Mike. He was a national police personnel trainer and specialized in bikes. Did you know that you should signal turns and/or stopping with the left hand? This is to keep the hand that controls the rear brake on the bike so emergency stops can be made. This also applies to drinking, calling, etc. Officer Brown also told us a bunch of regionally specific laws. For example, bikes are considered vehicles in Dayton and have to stay off the sidewalk.
He also told us that this law is never enforced, but it could be. The most interesting things he told us were not official (or more importantly, enforced), but he told us things that extended beyond our basic intuition. We learned some things that would seem so obvious after an accident, but at the time didn't occur to us. After he left, we ate lunch. Once we ate lunch, we went and rode our bikes around our street of cones in the picture above. This was a nice way to finish up the day. Altogether, we had a somewhat normal school day except for after lunch which was pretty fun. If anyone is curious about the Dayton Police, here is a link to their website. Also, here is a link to a video about the Bike Patrol.
Today a member of the Dayton Police Bike Patrol came to the DRSS to talk to us about bike safety. His name was Officer Mike. He was a national police personnel trainer and specialized in bikes. Did you know that you should signal turns and/or stopping with the left hand? This is to keep the hand that controls the rear brake on the bike so emergency stops can be made. This also applies to drinking, calling, etc. Officer Brown also told us a bunch of regionally specific laws. For example, bikes are considered vehicles in Dayton and have to stay off the sidewalk.
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