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Incredible SFPD Training Video: “Bikes Belong in Traffic”

4:19 PM EDT on August 20, 2007

This training video was a collaboration between the San Francisco Police Department and the SF Bicycle Coalition. The video is intended to increase police officers' awareness of cyclists' rights and responsibilities, and it is really effective. Here in New York, cyclists who complain of motorist intimidation and assault are often brushed off by the police. Perhaps the NYPD needs an instructional video like this one to help them understand the laws that relate to bicycling.

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