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Cycling UK teams up with Uber Eats for cycling advice videos

Topics of five films range from road safety to bike maintenance
by Simon_MacMichael
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 12:10
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Cycling UK has teamed up with Uber Eats for a series of videos providing advice to cyclists – aimed not just at the food delivery firm’s couriers, but also at anyone who uses a bike to get around.

Launched to coincide with Bike Week, the five videos, accompanied by written guides that can be downloaded to a mobile phone, include advice on issues ranging from road safety to bike maintenance.

The videos and written guides are being made available to everyone through the Cycling UK website and will also be shared via the Uber Eats app with its couriers who work in more than 100 towns and cities across the UK.

While it will not be compulsory for couriers to watch the videos and read the guides, they will be strongly encouraged to do so.

James Scott, director of behaviour change at Cycling UK, said: “We’re leaders in helping cyclists improve their skills and confidence, so we’re delighted to be working with Uber Eats, guiding thousands of couriers on riding safely and confidently while also giving them the skills they need to keep their bikes running.”

Toussaint Wattinne, general manager for Uber Eats in the UK, commented: “At Uber Eats the safety of couriers and other road users is a top priority. It is great to be working with Cycling UK to increase cycling awareness and education for thousands of couriers across more than 100 towns and cities in the UK.”

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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srchar | 5 years ago
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I once encountered an Uber Eats rider who was riding in primary in the bus lane. I overtook him by riding in primary in the main traffic lane. For some inexplicable reason, he swerved into me, side-swiping me really quite robustly. We both managed to stay upright somehow, and met at the next traffic lights, where I enquired as to what he thought he was doing, while he remained completely silent. I reported it to Uber Eats, incluing exact location and time of day from my GPS trace, the exact make and model of bike, and a physical description. Their response? Insufficient data to identify the rider, on yer bike. Quite the opposite of "the safety of... other road users is a top priority".

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BehindTheBikesheds | 5 years ago
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Only indicate if you are able to maintain full control, NEVER give up that control to indicate, do not indicate when there is no-one to indicate to, road position and taking that early is far better/safer than indicating/indicating late.

Never rely on 'eye contact', this gives you zero assurances at all and is dangerous to make that presumption, looking back constantly as I see some riders do is less safe than keeping your eyes forward and scanning/assessing with the odd check back well in advance of potential hazards. Sometimes the motoring addage mirror, signal, mirror maneouvre is a good thing as people miss stuff when they scan behind them.

Never position yourself too close to the centre line when turning, it's not safe and gives you no safety zone either from oncoming vehicles in the lane you are wishing to cross nor from vehicles on your nearside.

Never feel intimidated by a blast of the horn, this is in some ways a good sign because it means they've seen you and despite their annoyance they are massively less likely to crash into you then the silent ones who haven't seen you at all (thankfully the latter is very few and far between)

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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Wow!  Excellent, clear and short enough for the attention span of the average teenager.  Brilliant, and I hope they will get very wide distribution; schools, offices and driving schools to start with.

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