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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:
bikesiliconvalley.org
Bicycle Helmet Materials for Teachers and Future Teachers:
www.helmets.org/teachers.htm
California bicycle laws:
http://www.bikelink.com/law_safety.php
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
Bicycle Safety Video - Kids
Bike Safe. Bike Smart.
This entertaining, yet instructional, nine-minute bicycle safety video uses a visually
stimulating, peer-to-peer approach to teach elementary and middle school age audiences how
to Bike Safe. Bike Smart. Viewers will learn about the rules of the road, signaling, riding
at night, safe riding practices, and risky behaviors that they should avoid, and tips
for purchasing and correctly fitting a bicycle helmet.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Bicycles/Ride+Smart+-+It's+Time+to+Start
Bay Area Bicycle Maps
Santa Clara County Bikeways Map:
www.vta.org
Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition:
http://bikesiliconvalley.org/programs/nsroute
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 Registry Program:
www.nationalbikeregistry.com/ or
1.800.848.BIKE (2453)
National Bicycle Safety Network (NBSN):
www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Through education, enforcement, outreach and legislation, NHTSA's bicycle safety program
goals are directed toward reducing bicycle injuries and fatalities. Bicycling is encouraged
as an alternate mode of transportation to motor vehicle travel.
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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