
Beverley grammar school
Need for cycling safety
Good, high achieving school.
That said, the parking situation outside the school is chaotic and hazardous. The school and ERYC have a duty to provide better parking provision for parents.
Moreover, the fact that the school and ERYC are encouraging boys to cycle to and from school, on busy roads at peak times, is disturbing. I have witnessed BGS boys on bicycles cycle on and off the road and vice versa without any warning. BGS boys on bikes often turn without indication.
The establishment, in their distorted 'wisdom', brainwash children to believe that cycling is healthy. It is not very healthy when, heaven forbid, a child is knocked off their bike and injured or worse. That is not healthy. Regardless of who is to blame, the cyclist will always fair worse.
Also, cyclists are not insured, which presents a real problem to both cyclist and other road user in the event of an RTA. Neither are they identifiable. Registration plates and system is sorely required.
Cyclists are also a potential hazard to pedestrians.
BGS and ERYC would do well to advise BGS boys using bike to and from school to do so in a safe manner for both themselves and other road users, and to stick to the rules of the public highways.
You have to wonder why some parents allow their children to cycle to and from school on such busy, dangerous roads?



