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The Highways Agency, working with the Shiny Side Up partnership, is placing bike safety awareness signs at safety hot-spots across England's trunk roads in preparation for the August Bank Holiday weekend. The August Bank Holiday is one of the peaks of the biking season, being the last big biking weekend of the summer. The temporary warning signs reflect the increased number of bikers using the trunk road network over the Bank Holiday weekend. More than 600 signs are being placed across England's trunk road network to warn bikers and other road users of safety risks. The signs warn bikers of safety risks such as known accident hot-spots, bends with poor visibility and locations where vehicles may be turning into or out of side roads. They also remind other road users to 'Think Bike' and to check their mirrors before turning. Joanna Goulding, from the Highways Agency's Road Safety & Risk Team, said: "The name Shiny Side Up reflects the bikers' saying "Keep your shiny side up" - implying that the rubber side should stay firmly on the road. We want to reduce the number of casualties suffered by bikers on the trunk road network. This is why we are putting these signs in place, and why we are committed to supporting the Shiny Side Up partnership." www.wired-gov.net |
