Tips for Safe Bike Riding

Tips for riding your bike safely:

-Wear reflective gear

-Reflective gear can help cars see you better in day or night. Bike shops sell reflective gear at $10 to $15, including reflective adhesive triangles and reflective vests.

- Get bike lights

-In Florida, roughly 60% of bike accidents happen because cyclists did not have bike lights. In 1999, 39% of all bike accidents nationwide happened between 6 p.m. and midnight. Lights help motorists see you in the dark. Front and back lights help tremendously.

-Always signal your turns

-Signaling your turns can inform cars which way you are going, so they can give you some leeway. Point your left arm out to move left, and point your right arm out to move right. (You might have learned an old way of signaling a right turn with your left arm, but drivers basiclly have no idea what that means, so it's useless. Signal a right turn with your right arm.)

-Restrain from using IPods and cellphones

-The fewer distractions the better. Also, it is good to have you hands

available at all times.

Fact: Around 33,000 people die in car crashes in the U.S. each year.
About 1 in 41 is a bicyclist.

THANKS FOR READING, AND RIDE SAFELY!