Walk This Way
Safe Cycling
Rule of the Road
100
What are the three things you should do every time you come to the "edge" of the sidewalk or a roadway?
1. Stop 2. Look- left, right and left again 3. Listen
100
What is special about a lot of the clothing made for cyclists that helps to make riding a bike safer?
It is very bright and easy to see which makes it more VISIBLE.
100
When it is allowable to ride your bike against traffic?
Never. The only exception is that children under the age of 12 may ride on the sidewalk..
200
Sometimes cars are parked along the street and you have to step out from between two parked cars. Explain why it is dangerous to walkout from between parked cars.
- A driver in a parked car could move and hit you. - The cars are blocking you so that other drivers cannot see you and it is hard for you to see the driver.
200
What is the "Door Zone"?
The part of the street into which car doors open. When you are riding in the Door Zone next to parked cars, a driver or passenger might open a driver's side door and you could run into it.
200
According the Illinois law, which statement is true? 1) Bicyclists always have to stop at stop signs. 2) Bicyclists only need to stop at stop signs if there is a person, bike, or car at the intersection. 3) Bicyclists don't have to stop fully at a stop sign if a car driver signals for them to go.
1) Bicyclists always have to stop at stop signs.
300
What should you do if you are halfway across the street and the green WALK signal changes of the red DON'T WALK signal? You should________________. a. Keep walking at a normal pace. b. Turn around and go back. c. Run the rest of the way across the street.
a. Keep walking at a normal pace.
300
When riding on a multi-use bike path, you will often need to pass people who are walking. What the three things you do to safely pass someone on the multi-use path?
1. Slow down 2. Let them know you are there by announcing yourself politely (say "excuse me please, passing on the left") or ring a bell or sound a horn. 3. Before you pull around them, look over your shoulder to make sure nobody is coming up behind you and ahead of you for anyone coming from the opposite side.
300
True or False: Illinois law says that a bicycle rider must give hand signals before making turns.
True.
400
Which side of the street do you want to walk on WHEN THERE IS NO SIDEWALK -- on the side of the street that faces oncoming cars, or on the other side, in the same direction as the cars?
When there is no sidewalk, we walk facing oncoming cars.
400
Demonstrate the bicyclist's hand signals for turning right, turning left, and slowing down or stopping. As well, what hand is used to make hand signals and why?
1. 2. Left arm up a a right angle for turning right. 3. Straight arm out to turn left. 3. Down at a right angle to slow and/or stop. 4. The left arm is normally used to make hand signals because it is closer to the moving car traffic as bikes ride on the right hand side of traffic. If a cyclist uses the right hand, it is not as visible.
400
1) In the state of Illinois it is the law that everyone under the age of 18 must wear when riding a bicycle? 2) Why? 3) How long does it take your brain to recover from an injury? 4) How much is the fine to your parents if your are not wearing a helmet?
1. Helmet 2. Because it protects your brain in a crash. 3. At least three years 4. $50.00
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