Project Ride Smart: Introduction

Introduction
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Project Ride Smart is an educational bicycle safety video most appropriate for 9 to 14-year-olds (4th through 8th grades). Segmented into 10 chapters, with an intro and conclusion, each chapter focuses on different topics such as basic traffic principles, rules of the road, bike parts, planning your route, and more. This resource was designed to provide age-appropriate foundational knowledge on how to use a bicycle as transportation. The goal is to provide children with the knowledge to travel safely and predictably in their communities.

1. The 5 Rules of the Road
2. Bike Culture
3. Bike Parts
4. Street or Sidewalk?
5. Anatomy of an Intersection
6. Right-of-Way Rules
7. Riding Through and Intersection
8. Roundabouts and Yield
9. Crashes
10. Riding with Friends & Planning Your Route

Project Ride Smart is a 5th grade driver's education program - for bikes. This comprehensive bicycle safety program teaches traffic principles and on-bike handling skills. The 10-hour course culminates with street rides where students apply what they have learned to their local neighborhood streets - giving them the knowledge and experience to travel safely to and from school. Project Ride Smart is taught by certified bike instructors.