Safety Tips for Cyclist
With the fall weather beginning in South Florida, it is now perfect for outdoor activities as its cooling down therefore I decided to cover safety tips for bicyclist to follow to ensure everyone’s safety on the roads. Once these safety tips are followed, you as a cyclist would have been practicing your safe riding habits. So should you or a loved one be a victim of a bicycle accident you should seek an experienced Fort Lauderdale bicycle accident attorney to ensure that you are properly compensated for your damages.
Here are some more tips for proper road safety which I will list below for you:
PROPER USE OF ROADWAY (see Section 316.2065, F.S.)
• A bicyclist who is not traveling at the same speed of other traffic must ride in a designated bike lane or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. A bicyclist may leave the right-most portion of the road in the following situations: when passing, making a left turn, to avoid road hazards, or when a lane is too narrow for a bicycle and a car to share safely.)
• A bicyclist operating on a one-way street with two or more traffic lanes may ride as close to the left-hand edge of the roadway as practicable.
• Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede traffic when traveling at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions existing, and shall ride within a single lane.
WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN (see Section 316.151 (1)(b)(c), F.S.)
• A bicyclist intending to make a vehicle left turn is entitled to full use of the lane from which the turn is made. After scanning, signaling, and moving to the center of that lane, the bicyclist must check the signal, and then proceed when it is green and safe to do so.
• In addition to the normal vehicle left turn, a bicyclist may proceed through the right-most portion of the intersection and turn as close to the curb or edge as possible at the far side. After complying with any official traffic control device, the bicyclist may proceed in the new direction.
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