Officials set up staged bicycle crash in Pinecrest to help educate drivers and cyclists about safety

PINECREST, Fla. – Officers throughout South Florida are stressing bicycle security for riders within the area.

The hope is to remind riders to stay alert by displaying them the worst that might occur.

To be able to get their message throughout, officers with the Florida Division of Transportation staged a mock bicycle crash, full with an ambulance and even a potential sufferer.

They’re hoping to remind each drivers and bikers to all the time observe the foundations of the highway.

The mock scene was arrange Saturday morning within the Village of Pinecrest.

The chosen location, proper in entrance of Pinecrest Elementary College on Southwest 57th Avenue, is an space that could be very widespread amongst cyclists and a few biking teams.

“Simply ensure that the bicyclists additionally know the foundations of the highway,” stated Pinecrest Police Chief Jason Cohen. “They’ve to grasp that in addition they need to obey all of the visitors legal guidelines, cease on the cease indicators, the lights, as a result of generally it’s sadly the bicyclists’ fault, and a bicyclist vs. a automotive, regardless of whose fault it’s, by no means ends properly for the bicyclist.”

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Officers stated they spike with greater than 100 cyclists within the first few hours of the FDOT marketing campaign and hope to talk to many extra earlier than they pack issues up round midday.