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Ages 11-16 · 6 badges · 27 lessons

Road Badge

Six badges for e-bikes and e-scooters. The machine itself, being seen, control and braking, junctions and cars, shared paths and the people on them, and the choices that actually get riders hurt.

Badge 1 · Your Machine

4 lessons · about 35 min
  1. What you are actually riding
  2. Which class is yours, and what the law says
  3. The check before you ride
  4. The battery

Badge 2 · Seen and Protected

3 lessons · about 30 min
  1. The helmet
  2. Being seen
  3. The 6-to-9 window

Badge 3 · Control

4 lessons · about 35 min
  1. Setting off, and stopping
  2. How long the stop really is
  3. Braking in a turn
  4. Slow speed, tight spaces

Badge 4 · You Are Traffic

5 lessons · about 40 min
  1. You are a vehicle operator now
  2. Where to be in the lane
  3. Junctions and driveways
  4. Signalling, and no surprises
  5. Search, evaluate, execute

Badge 5 · Paths and People

5 lessons · about 35 min
  1. Keep right, pass left
  2. The pass
  3. The 15 mph problem
  4. The people on it
  5. Who gets hurt

Badge 6 · The Choices

6 lessons · about 40 min
  1. Why this is harder for you than for an adult
  2. Distraction
  3. Passengers
  4. Wheelies, stunts and the middle of the road
  5. Making it faster
  6. Riding when you are not right

Start with badge 1

A motor changes the machine more than it changes the ride. This badge is the machine itself: what it weighs, what class it is, what the law says about that class, the check you do before the wheels move, and the one part of it that has hurt people who were not even riding.

Open Your Machine

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