In March, the city of Thun launched its "Bike & Walk, Let It Slow" campaign. As part of several days of action, the city of Thun aims to promote considerate coexistence between pedestrians and cyclists in the pedestrian zone and on the Aarequai and Schwäbispromenade. A cycling simulator is now also being used for this purpose.
The newly developed simulator was used for the first time at the action day on Thursday a week ago. The Bern cantonal police are testing the simulator from the "Am Steuer Nie" prevention centre as part of "Bike & Walk, Let It Slow". The prevention tool uses a fixed bike and virtual reality glasses to make it possible to experience various dangerous situations and speeds.
«In erster Linie wollen wir damit Unfälle verhindern. Die Aktion ist eine Präventionsmassnahme in Zusammenarbeit mit der Kantonspolizei Bern», erklärt Ines Attinger, die Projektleiterin Marketing der Stadt Thun. «Interessierte können aufs Fahrrad sitzen und mittels Virtual Reality Brille Situationen erleben. So wollen wir aufzeigen, was passieren kann“, ergänzt Attinger.
Tomorrow: Action day
The bike simulator is from the prevention centre "Am Steuer nie! Switzerland" prevention centre from Zurich and is currently still in the test phase. Another day of action will follow tomorrow, Saturday 29 May. The city of Thun plans to use it two more times. The plan is to set up the bike simulator again in August and September.
This is not the first prevention campaign to use VR to make cycling safer, as we have already seen in various Reports have shown.
Source: neo1
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