What are the safety rules of riding a bicycle?
• Learn and obey all traffic laws; all cyclists must obey the same rules as motorists. • Obey all traffic signals and signs. • Ride in the same direction as traffic. Riding against traffic confuses or surprises drivers. • Always ride in single file. • Ride on the far right of the road. Some roads have special lanes for bicycles that you and your children should use. • The safest place to ride is a bike path. • Stop and look left, right, and left again before going onto the street and crossing street corners. • Keep both hands on the handlebars unless you are using hand signals to turn. Before making a turn, put both hands back on the handlebars. Use your hand signals early enough, so others know you are turning. • Look back and yield to vehicles coming from behind you before turning left. • Stay a car door’s width (about 3 feet) away from parked cars and watch for car doors opening. • Always cross train tracks straight on rather than at an angle, which could cause you to slide and fall
