Five Steps To Address Las Vegas' Dangerous Roads and Reckless Motorists -- And Lots More

 Here's our 5-point plan to address Las Vegas' dangerous roads and motorists:

1. Lower speed limits.

2. Design better roads that calm speeds and give more space and resources to walkers and bicyclists.

3. Mandatory road safety and driver education in all schools starting from the first grade.

4. Police enforcement increased bigtime and double police patrols. Zero tolerance on all the red light running, making right turns at red lights without coming to a full stop and the blatant speeding. And stop parking in bicycle lanes, especially at schools.

5. Beefed penalties and longer prison time for impaired, drunk and distracted drivers who kill people.

Please read this story elaborating on this five-point remedy plan.

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These are the best of the best when it comes to bicycling in Las Vegas -- my close friends Jared and Heather Fisher. We just did a big climb to the top of State Route 160 in Mountain Springs.

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This is a paved trail bridge above the beach just south of Santa Barbara, California.

Paved trails get people biking and save lives.

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Speaking of trails, here's another beauty in Florida -- the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail on the berm surrounding the big lake in south-central Florida. Photo from my friend Joe Capozzi.

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Bicycling in Death Valley. It's an amazing place. It's surreal and inspiring. I'm glad not a lot of people go to this national park compared to Grand Canyon and Zion. The beauty is enhanced with less people.

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My amazing friend Henry "Hanque" Pierson Curtis.

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Remember, folks, If you're installing a bicycle rack, use individual hoop pieces, not those crappy long racks with the tire slots or those songle-piece wavy ones. These will work:

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These will work, too:

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