NGO asks the public to be nice on the road this Lent

In a press statement, the BAG called on motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians to make it their mission to be nicer to one another.

The Bicycle Advocacy Group has launched a Facebook campaign that aims to improve the commuting experience for all road users.

In a press statement, the BAG called on motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians to make it their mission to be nicer to one another for the 40 days of Lent.

“The idea is to follow the tradition of giving something up during lent and local cycling organization the Bicycle Advocacy Group is asking road users to rather than give something up, to try to be more polite and well mannered,” the statement reads.

“We’d like to see everyone get less frustrated with our traffic situation this lent so we are asking all road users, be they car drivers, people who ride motorcycles or bicycles and even people who walk to be a little more responsible and polite when on the public road.”

The campaign is aimed at all road users as a community of people who have to negotiate the same space.

The group has set up a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Be-Nice/812846988751555.

The idea came from the group’s ‘Friendly Frank Friday’ campaign that they ran last year, and decided to share this simple idea for making the roads safer across the wider community to include all road users.

The group stated that what they are asking the public to do is to post examples of people being kind and polite on the roads. The page is not a soapbox for rants against any one type of road user, but a showcase of good road etiquette aimed at a wider community of road users.

The public can post examples of good things that have happened to them on the road from Wednesday 18 February all the way through lent, while the group will be posting daily tips or snippets of good manners on the road. The group hopes that this can lead to a calmer and safer commute for everyone.