One of Ride Illinois’ target audiences for bicycle safety education is our newest generation of motorists. We are actively promoting the use of our BikeSafetyQuiz.com resource in driver education programs around the state so that our youngest drivers have the opportunity to learn how to safely share the road with cyclists.

Recently, Ride Illinois Executive Director Tania Sebastian attended the Illinois High School & Driver Education Association’s Fall Workshop in Chicago. She gave a presentation to over 100 instructors on the importance of educating their students about car and bicycle interactions and how they can easily incorporate those lessons by using BikeSafetyQuiz.com.  The motorist version of the quiz includes 26 Secretary of State-approved questions covering on-the-road situations, techniques, common mistakes, and relevant laws when sharing the road with bicycles. The learning comes from short explanations tailored to a student’s right or wrong response, and teachers do not need training in the subject matter to use the lesson. There are currently over 80 schools using the quiz in their classrooms, and we are working to reach many more public and private driver education programs.

Help us urge your local high school driver education teachers to incorporate this easy tool in their curriculum! Information for instructors is available at BikeSafetyQuiz.com or have them email us to set up the quiz for their school.