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• ↓ Avoid busy streets.
• ↓ Light up.
• ↓ Take the whole lane when appropriate.
• ↓ Signal your turns.
• ↓ Re-think music players and mobile phones.
• ↓ Ride as if you were invisible.
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"This page shows you real ways you can get hit and real ways to avoid them. This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law.  But consider this for a moment: Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car.  Sure, helmets might help you if you get hit, but your #1 goal should be to avoid getting hit in the first place.  Plenty of cyclists are killed by cars even though they were wearing helmets.  Ironically, if they had ridden without helmets, yet followed the advice on this page, they might still be alive today.  Don't fall for the myth that wearing a helmet is the first and last word in biking safety.  In truth, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  It's better to not get hit. That's what real bicycle safety is about."

"TIP: The Uninsured Motorist clause on your auto insurance may pay if you're hit & runned while bicycling. Check your policy. The next most common bike safety advice after "wear a helmet" is "follow the law," but most people are already aware that it's stupid to race through a red light when there's cross traffic.  So the "follow the law" advice isn't that helpful because it's too obvious.  What you'll find here are several scenarios that maybe aren't that obvious."

"TIP: The Uninsured Motorist clause on your auto insurance may pay if you're hit & runned while bicycling. Check your policy."

Key Topics & Focus Areas for bicyclesafe.com:

Avoid busy streets.

Light up.

Take the whole lane when appropriate.

Signal your turns.

Re-think music players and mobile phones.

Ride as if you were invisible.