Driver On-bike workshop

what we offer

This 2-hour workshop begins by recalling past on road incidents that come to mind with people on bicycles while driving their truck or bus. Then with those encounters in mind, the participants take part in several exercises that provide first hand experience of what it is like to be on a bicycle. The first exercise unpacks the impact of what speed and difference in mass feels like when being followed on a bicycle. The next on road exercise enables the drivers to understand why cyclists position themselves out from the curb or parked cars. Lastly a carefully organised activity involves participants lining up alongside the road and being passed at a safe distance by a heavy vehicle. The passing distance is measured and discussed. These activities are followed by a session where incidents recalled at the beginning of the workshop are then discussed in the light of having been on road, on a bicycle.