Bikeflights Boosts Bear National Team’s Initiative Against Distracted Driving

July 17, 2024

New Video Promotes Safer Cycling

PORTLAND, OR (July 17, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Bikeflights, a bicycle shipping service trusted by riders worldwide, has teamed up with the Bear National Team to educate people about the dangers of distracted driving in a newly released video (https://youtu.be/JXfPH2y4LOI).

The Bikeflights-produced video, which features the youth cycling development team Bear National Team, begins with a sobering quote from team director Julia Violich, “Cyclists understand the dangers of being out there … there’s very few who have not been hit by a car, or had a very close call with a car, or know someone who has been hit with a car.”

More than two cyclists are killed per day by traffic crashes in the United States, and the number of fatalities is on the rise. The Bear National Team has unfortunately felt those numbers firsthand, having lost two of its own in the past four years.

Following their most recent loss last summer, the Bear National Team and its riders chose to focus their team’s annual initiative in 2024 on raising awareness to prevent distracted driving and improve rider safety.

In addition to making drivers more aware of the dangers of distracted driving and making themselves more visible on the road, the team’s riders are also getting involved in supporting cycling infrastructure projects in their own communities, such as protected bike lanes, to make cycling safer for all cyclists.

The Bear National Team includes mountain bike, gravel and cyclo-cross riders from ages 15 to 22. They’ve been a Bikeflights-sponsored team since 2019.

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