Interactive Safety Awareness Signs

Part of the challenge with managing public bike paths used by pedestrians and a wide array of bicycles and e-devices is making sure that we all have the same basic safety information about how to use our paths.  Just like the driver’s license test that we all must take to drive safely on public roads, Safety Awareness signs with posted speed limits can help make sure that we are playing with the same rules.  Ignorance is bliss…until that ignorance results in accidents.

Safety signs with QR-code enabled landing page can help manage the “out-of-control” e-device activity of riders using 8-foot-wide bike paths that were never designed for motorized traffic. Most people assume that kids know the rules of the road that they learned from riding with their parents; but is that a safe assumption?

Unmanaged, out of control behavior with “motorized e-devices” in metro areas is bound to create more crashes on bike paths. London has already implemented an e-Bike registration for any e-Bike that goes over 15 MPH or weighs 45+ lbs.

Liability issues may be lurking for Cities, Parks & Rec Dept., CDOT and the State of Colorado – who are families going to sue if their loved one gets run over by an e-Bike going out of control and can’t catch the culprit? 

Let’s be proactive about known, present dangers that may only create more crashes as e-Bike sales in the US triple by 2030.

Our goal is to get Colorado Metro communities to implement an e-Bike safety awareness signage program to consistently advise path users of Colorado’s Safety & Etiquette for using multi-use paths together.  

Dedicated Landing Page for e-Bike Path Maps and Report an Incident Form: