Danskerne skal cykle mere
Hvornår har du sidst taget cyklen? Ny kampagne skal få flere danskere op på jernhesten i hverdagen.
Kampagnen Ta' Cyklen Danmark har et mål om, at danskerne skal tage 50 millioner flere cykelture om året
Foto: Martin Paldan
Ta 'cyklen ...
Ni out of ten Danes own a bike. Alligevel, a new survey shows that 14% never tramples in pedals, while 61% do not cycle regularly - and every third has not cycled the past month. Det skal kampagnen Ta 'Cyklen Danmark do something about.
Ta 'Cyklen Danmark is a three-year campaign in collaboration between the Cancer Society, the Heart Association, the Diabetes Association, the municipalities of Aarhus, Middelfart, Odense and Frederiksberg, as well as DTU Transport, KU Science, Cyklistforbundet and DSB.
Ind til 2018 kan danskerne meet Ta 'Cyklen Denmark around the country at masses of physical events and on social media. Målet is for the Danes to choose the bike when they go to the shopkeeper, work, school or leisure activities.
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... og spænd hjelmen
Husker du hjelmen hver gang? Ved brug af cykelhjelm forebygger du for hjerneskader, viser nye data fra Odense Universitetshospital. Mere præcist falder risikoen for at moderate or severe brain injury by steering with between 63 and 88 percent.
Årligt dør 30 personer i cykelulykker, og halvdelen af de personer, der er alvorligt kvæstede i færdselsulykker i Danmark, er cyklister.
Previously, the Havarikommissionen has also hit fast, it's a good idea to take a helmet on when you go out on the bike. "Cykelhjelme can reduce head injury and in some cases mean the difference between life and death," concludes the Commission on the basis of an analysis of a number of cycling accidents.
