Riding Safety

These are basic rules about riding safety i found in Dahon manual:

1. You are sharing the road or the path with others - motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists. Respect their right.
2. Ride defensively. Always assume that others do not see you.
3. Look ahead, and be ready to avoid :
   - Vehicles slowing or turning, entering the road or your lane ahead of you, or comming up behind you.
   - Parked car doors opening.
   - Pedestrians stepping out.
   - Children or pets playing near the road.
   - Petholes, sewer grating, railroad tracks, expansion joints, road or sidewalk construction, debris and other.
   - The many other hazards and distractions which can occur on bicycle ride.
4. Ride in designated bike lanes, on designed bike paths or as close to the edge of the road as possible, in the direction of the traffic flow directed by local governing laws.
5. Stop at stop signs and traffic lights; slow down and look both way at street intersections. Remember that bicycle always loses in a collision with a motor vehicle.
6. Use approved hand signals for turning and stopping.
7. Never ride with headphones.
8. Never carry a passanger.
9. Never hitch a ride by holding on to another vehicle.
10. Don’t weave through traffic or make unexpected moves.
11. Observe and yield the right way.
12. Never ride your bicycle while under influence of alcohol or drugs.
13. If possible, avoid riding in bad weather, when visibility is obscured, at dawn, dusk or in the dark, or when extremely tired. Each of this conditions increases the risk of accident.

And keep this one in mind.. expect the unexpected..

Keep riding safely!