It seems like it would be a good idea for bike advocacy groups in each community (maybe under the BFW) to start collecting, in standardized format, data about crappy bike/car/truck/dog incidents. It would be great if, somehow, someone's clone (or a graduate student) could then compile this data so that it would be available when lobbying, recommending facility improvements, educating, etc.
If police are not cooperating, having statistics showing x number of incidents in a particular district where the law was not enforced or incorrectly enforced might be helpful. You know how people love statistics. Perhaps voluntary bicycle incident reporting forms could be available at local bike shops, in schools at universities and work places, at libraries and on the web (downloadable .pdf files are pretty easy.) They could be highlighted during bike rides and events, education seminars, other events . . . Such data might be able to target "hot spots" for legal or advocacy action and "hot incidents" for better bike and motorist education. Just a thought . . . always trying to make more work for others ;) - cathy, la crosse _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
