By Daily Press staff
A rodeo of the two-wheeled nature is coming to Santa Monica. The Santa Monica Police Department, in observing “May is Bicycle Safety Month,” will be hosting a Traffic Safety Bicycle Rodeo on Sunday, May 4, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Virginia Avenue Park, located at 2200 Virginia Avenue.
Safe Moves, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving children’s lives through education, will be on hand to assist in the bicycle rodeo by presenting an interactive program. The program, “Safe Moves City,” is designed to simulate traffic hazards facing students when they walk, ride and roll as pedestrians, bicyclists, skaters, skateboarders, and scooter riders.
Bicycles and helmets will be provided for participants to use. Participants also may bring their own bicycles, scooters and skateboards and helmets.
The SMPD, through a grant from the Office of Traffic Safety, will be giving free helmets to the first 100 participants.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 30, 2003. Read the original PDF.