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<\/a>\n<\/div>\nSome useful tips for cyclists when out on the roads training and sharing the road with other riders and drivers:<\/p>\n
Pass other cyclists on the right with an audible verbal warning<\/strong>. Other cyclists expect you to pass on their right hand side<\/p>\nUse hand signals.<\/strong> Use hand signals so other road users know what your intentions are.<\/p>\nWhen you reach a red light, you should wait behind the cyclist who is already there<\/strong>. It seems to have become a standard practice to pass the rider and stop in front of him, even if it involves doing so in the middle of a pedestrian crossing or in the actual intersection, well ahead of the traffic light. This is an incredibly rude practice.<\/p>\nDon\u2019t ride against traffic.<\/strong> Riding in the opposite direction on the opposite side of the road is extremely dangerous<\/p>\nDon\u2019t ride with headphones<\/strong>. Don\u2019t hinder your ability to hear warnings and approaching dangers on a bike in the middle of traffic. It\u2019s also against the law.<\/p>\nDon\u2019t jump read lights or stop signs. <\/strong>Why? If you want to be treated like a road user, you need to act like a road user.
Also no flitting from road to the pavement and back. Make life easy for drivers to predict what you\u2019re going to do, and you will find it easier to stay safe.<\/p>\nBe predictable.<\/strong> Just like riding in traffic, riding in a group means you need to think about what other people expect you to do. The perfect group ride will be a seamless body of movement and this is, in part, due to the awareness of the riders. The natural extension of this is holding your line. If you have to take the hit and ride through that small pothole, you do it. Just don\u2019t flick the bike around and weave all over the place \u2013 nobody can predict that and you\u2019ll eventually cause a crash.<\/p>\nDon\u2019t overlap wheels.<\/strong> This is like sitting in someone\u2019s blind spot when driving. You know you\u2019re there, but they might not. And if they move out slightly and hit wheels with you, one or both of you are coming down. The best places to be are behind, beside or in front of someone else, never overlapping wheels. Unless the group consists of experienced riders who know that you are riding half a wheel behind.<\/p>\nRide single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends<\/strong>. It is very frustrating for other cyclists as well as motorists if they cannot pass a group of cyclists riding abreast endangering the lives of other cyclists<\/p>\nDon\u2019t leave your bicycle in the pathway of other cyclists if nature calls or to answer a call.<\/strong>
It is frustrating and dangerous to other cyclists to leave your bike in the middle of the road to talk on your cell . there is also lack of control over your bike should you answer a phone call whilst cycling.<\/p>\nBe on the lookout for road hazards and don\u2019t cross the centre line when cutting corners.<\/strong><\/p>\nDon\u2019t expect to be granted right of way in any instance.<\/strong>
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