Bicycle Safety |
Protect your head - wear your helmet! The Santa Clara County Fire Department can provide you with bicycle safety information and will help you find the bicycle safety programs offered in your community. For more information, please contact the Public Education Office.
A downloadable/printable information brochure about bicycle safety helmets is available on the
Forms page.
A pack of Los Gatos Cub Scouts watch a video on bicycle safety as part of a Shannon station tour.
According to California State Law, anyone under the age of 18 is required to wear a helmet while riding a bike, skateboard, scooter or skates. Any time that you travel fast on wheels you run the risk of becoming involved in a crash. A helmet can help save you from getting hurt, it can even help save your life!
Adult and youth bicycle safety education classes: www.svbcbikes.org
Bicycle Helmet Materials for Teachers and Future Teachers: www.helmets.org/teachers.htm
California bicycle laws: http://www.bikelink.com/law_safety.htm
Consumer's Guide to purchasing a helmet: www.helmets.org/guide.htm
How to properly fit a helmet: www.helmets.org/fit.htm
Parent education and youth bicycle safety education classes by Rich Swent: www.bikeclass.swent.net
Bay Area Bicycle Maps
Santa Clara County Bikeways Map: www.vta.org
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition: www.svbcbikes.org/maps/
www.511.org or call 511 for bay area bicycling, traffic, transit and rideshare information
Purchasing Bicycle Safety Publications and/or Helmets
"Bicycling Street Smarts, Riding Confidently, Legally and Safety" by John S. Allen: www.bikemaps.com/bss.htm
Reduced price CPSC certified helmets and protective gear for non-profit organizations: www.helmetsrus.net
Additional helpful links
Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute: www.helmets.org
Brain Injury Foundation: www.biausa.org
California Department of Motor Vehicles: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/bicycle.htm
California Highway Patrol: www.chp.ca.gov/html/bicycleriding.html
National Bicycle Safety Network (NBSN): www.cdc.gov/ncipc/bike/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.810acaee50c651189ca8e410dba046a0/
SAFE KIDS Coalition: www.safekids.org
State of California Official Website (Office of Traffic Safety): www.ots.ca.gov
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC): www.cpsc.gov
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