Back-to-school time may not mean bicycle time for many families in the modern age, but any time is a good time to think about bicycle safety.
The State of Indiana has provided an online Bicycle Safety Activity Kit (English) / (Spanish) for parents and kids to explore and go over the rules of the road.
The kit is part of the state's Safe Routes To School program, part of a national effort to get more kids active before and after school.
A video, "Why Safe Routes Matters," explains the reasons behind this effort, including better alertness in school, stemming the national obesity epidemic, and reducing pollution and traffic caused by parents rushing their children to schools each morning.
It is interesting to see how even in our own communities, we can be thinking about better opportunities for our children to play healthy and safe.
