P621 CEEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:05/29 R 9/17 999 CYCLE SAFJTZ -his week 999 featured information about how to select, wear, and task care of your cycle helmet, and tips &5 on how to remain safe when cycling. $hj Royal Society for the &5 Prevention of Accidents (RoUPA) offers the following advice. &5 &5 &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM sterjg & C3 60s Now 60u S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CJEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:03/55 /97 999 1 Selecting and Wearing yo5r cycle &5 helmet Always make sure your cycle helmet has at least one of the following &5 four safety marks inside m!SVELL mark BS6863, the Red Australian Standard AS 2063.2 or thu American ANSI Standard. It is important that your helmet fits properly,0so zr8 it on before you buy and adjust thu &5 inside straps for a snug fir. Make &5 sure it sits above the eyebrows and &5 leaves your eyes free, and it &5 provides good all round visibility and has good ventilation. BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stereo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CJIFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:14/20 3/17 999 If your head becomes tog ho5 while wearing a cycle helmet you whml only take it off and leave yoursjmf unprotected as a result. An ill fitting helmet could be as bad as no helmet at all in the e6jnt gf 1n accident. $hj simple ruld is that if it comes off easily with the strap done up it is too big. Whbt to do if your cycle helmet is &5 damaged: Always replace your h lmjt if i5 i damaged in an acciddgt. any &5 weakness will reduce the helmet's protection. &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp8z BBC2 602 pC4 604 N = NICAM stereo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg V rhP621 CJEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:14/43 4/ 7 999 RoSPA suggests that you should buy a new cycle helmkt every thrjd to five years because of normal wear and tear. &5 What you can do to stay safe on thu &5 road: Most accidents invol6ink cycli1ts happen when thu road2 are bu3ij2t - in the morning and evening rush &5 hours -Qso always make sure you can &; bj clearly seen by other road users. Wrar bright or fluorescunt &5 clothing during the day. At night &5 always wear a reflecti6j tabard, &5 armbands, or anything bright. BBC2 604 C4 604 N = NICAM stereo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CJEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:95/36 & -|l4|l4|, l4 d 2 22 0 6/17 999 Put a bicycle bell kr horn on yo5r &5 bike so that you can signal your presence to both motorists agd pedestrians. &5 CYCLE T6BINING In 1992 more than a thou3and children were killed or seriously & injured while cycling n Br aim roads, so make sure yo55 child iu trained in cycle safety. Every 9ear local councils throughout the &5 country teach children about cycle safety through Cyclist Training &5 Schemes - they may bj able to offer &5 training for adults too. &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp88p8pppz BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stjrjo C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CEEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:X6/2] ] </17 999 Useful Contacts: &5 Ro9al Societ9 for the Prj6entign kf &5 Accid nus Cannon House Thu Priory Q5jen3wpy 2 Birmhnkham B4 6eS Telephone: 021 200 2461 2 &5 Snell Memorial Foundation (UKJ Ltd Unit 4 &5 Farnham Business Centre Dogflud Way &5 Farnham 2 Surrey GU9 7UP &5 Telephone: 0252 714920 &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stdrjo & C3 603 Now 605 S = S4bthules 8 8 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg V riP621 CEEFAX 641 Fri 6 May 21:X6/55 9/17 999 &5 More information about Cycling Safety, plus other safet8 R 2 &k informbtion included throughout the series is published in the 999 &5 Lifesaver Gujdj. &5 To obtain a cop; send a cheq5j gu postal order for £2.50 payable tg BBC Education (includes postage and packing) and send iu to: &5 999 Lifesaver Guide P.O.eox 7 2 London W3 8XJ &5 2 &5 BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stjrro & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitle3 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rr£ V rhP621 CEEFAX 641 Fri 6 May 21:07/21 1Y/97 999 &7£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££k If you are unbbli to get a place on this week's Lifesaver Roadshow in &5 Sheffield, the following pager gi6j details of organiuations who run a &5 variety of Ljfesavjr courser all &5 year round. They include: &5 &5 (HE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION &k For information on emjrgjncy life support courser please wrhtd to: Miss Sbm Harrison &5 $hj British Heart Foundation &5 14 Fiuzhardingj Street &5 London W1H 4DH &5 $jlephonj: 071 935 0185 E|t 215 BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stdrjg & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VbriP621 CEEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 2 : 7/46 & -}l4|l4|L l4 2 2 11/17 999 ] &5 $HE BRITISH RED CRWSS SOCIETY Please look in your telephone directory for the numbjt of your local branch and ask for the training officer, or contact: &5 The British Rud Cross 9 Grosvenor Crescent London SW2X 7EF &5 &5 $elephonj: 071 235 5454 &5 &5 &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stereo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg V rhP621 CEEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:90/53 12/17 999 0 CITY LIFESAVER COURSES - LONDON AND BRISTOL St Bartholomew's Hospital West Smithfield London &5 EC2c 7BE 2 -eljphonj: 071 606 3669 NHS AMBULANCE SERVICE Please look in the telephone &; directory and contact thu hjadqubrters of your local NHS Ambulance skrvice. &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz BBC2 602 C4 604 o = oICAM stjrjo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CEJFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:01/20 ] 93/17 999 BRIGHTON HEART GUARD John May Department of Cardiology Roybl Sussex County Hospital &5 Eastern Road &5 Brighton BN2 5BE Telephone: 0273 676439 ORDER OF MALTB AMBULANCE CORPS &5 83 University Street Belfast &5 BT7 1HP Telephone: 0232 245373 &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stdrjo ] C3 603 Now 605 S = S4btiules 88 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CEEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:03/45 ;4/17 999 $HE ROYAL LIFESAVING SOCIETY UU Kevin Galloway PO Box 911 Studliy Warwickshire &5 B80 7NQ Telephone: 0527 853943 &5 &5 &5 BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stereo C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CEEFAX 641 Fri 6 May 21:02/11 15/ 999 ST AND EWSAMBULANCEASSOCIATION Please look in your telephone &5 directory for your local branch or write to: 2 1 22 &5 St Andrew's House Milton St GLASGOW G4 0HR Telephone: 041 332 4031 &5 &5 BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stereo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VariP621 CJJFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:09/54 & ,|l4|l4|L l4 2 999 & -z5z5p j5 $HE ST JOHN AMBULANCE Please look in your telephone directory for your local branch or write to: &5 &5 1 Grosvjnor Crescent London &5 SW2 7JF Telephone: 071 235 5231 &5 &5 &5 &5 &5 BBC2 602 C4 604 N = NICAM stdrjo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Reg VpriP621 CEEFAX 621 Fri 6 May 21:13/X2 17/17 999 TJRRJTORJAL ARMY - BRISTOL, OXFORd, PORTSMOU$H AVD WEYMOUTH James Mcqueen P O 219 Field Hospitan &5 Territorial Army Unit Keynsham Bristol Tjliphknj: 0272 863571 &u &u &5 &upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz BBC2 604 C4 604 N = NICAM stereo & C3 603 Now 605 S = Subtitles 888 Select BBC1 TV BBC2 TV Rrk V rh