What’s New at Y2L
David Zabriskie has already made his first appearance at an elementary school in Salt Lake City to get the children excited about riding their bikes and to give them tips to stay safe on the road. The students were encouraged to ride their bikes to school and David gave a talk, answered questions, and led a ride with each grade. We hope that these types of appearances will make inroads to creating a new generation of safe cyclists and environmentally friendly citizens. Check out some pictures from the event.
Photos by Chip Smith
Yield to Life Ride
We are planning a Yield to Life ride in Salt Lake City Utah. Stay tuned for more details.
Share Your Story
Yield to Life wants to enhance awareness by bringing the issue down to a person level. If you would like to share your personal cyclist/motorist story, please send it to us at yield2life@gmail.com.
Awareness Test
Bravo to "Transport for London." They have come up with an incredible awareness test that makes the very point behind Yield to Life. If you are not looking for cyclists, you won't see them. Take the test and see how you do.
Media Campaign
We want to extend our media campaign to local newspapers. If there is a newspaper in your local area you think would be receptive to our message, please send us an email at yield2life@gmail.com with the name of the paper and the editor, if you happen to know. Also, if there is a motorist/cyclist incident covered in your local paper, please make us aware of the incident and articles so we can to spread the "Yield to Life" message in your area to raise awareness and prevent such tragedies in the future.
Or if you like, you can contact your local editors directly. Here is an example of what one of our supporters, Sergeant Garcia, sent into his local paper to help spread the "Yield to Life" word:
Dear Editor,
I'm writing in the hope of getting our voices heard. To motorist in Indiana: As the warm weather approaches us and more athletes, cyclists in the case of my friends and I take the open road on our bikes to live a healthy and fit life, we ask that you be kind and patient with us on the road. Please remember that we are a LIFE, a Father, a husband, a son, a brother, we have families and friends to come back home to. Yielding to us will probably take a mere minute in getting you to your final destination. We asked that all motorists be considerate and patient. Together we can have a safe spring and summer.Below is a very popular website from Dave Zabriskie (pro cyclist-who was hit by a motorist) David is on a campaign to educate motorist and cyclist on being safe on the road all across America.
http://yieldtolife.org/
