Travelling safely in London

Students investigate factors which affect safety when riding a bicycle, particularly when riding on roads along with other traffic. Ideas about safe speed limits and road surfaces are investigated to highlight the importance of safety on London’s roads for all its users.

Learning objectives:

• Students must be able to describe the safety measures required for cycling on the roads.
• They should be able to explain how cycle super highways and traffic lights are designed for safer cycling in London
• Students could be able to describe how different surfaces improve safety at crossings due to increase in frictional force.

. This resource is part of a full set of lessons looking at how forces and energy play a major role in London’ s transport network, which can be found here