The Rights and Duties of Cyclists - Bicycle Safety

League of American Bicyclists certified traffic cycling instructors demonstrate the rights and duties of cyclists in the United States. The video shows cyclists acting as drivers of vehicles making normal vehicular maneuvers including lane control, lane sharing, left and right turns, through movements and a freeway ramp crossing. This video is intended to show cyclists and motorists how it looks when cyclists act and are treated as vehicle drivers in normal urban traffic in the City of Long Beach, California. These skills are taught by the League of American Bicyclists, Smart Cycling program. You can find instructors and classes in your state at the education area of the League website:
http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/education/course_schedule.php

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bicyclist
• Cyclist
• Rights
• Duties
• Lane
• Control
• Bicycle
• Safety

[matrich1983]

one of the rights of cyclists should be paying some god damn ROAD TAX!!! oh and not jump red lights all the time!!! they are a nuisance!!

[CyclistLorax]

@matrich1983 - All transport is subsidized by general funds, so cyclists, who do 5-6 orders less damage to roads, are actually subsidizing motorists. And how many red lights do we jump in this video? So save you compliants for other videos that feature illegal behavior. The point of this video is to model good behavior.

[TheCOD123456789]

why cant you ride on the sidewalk when there is one... is it that hard

[CyclistLorax]

@TheCOD123456789 - In California, sidewalk riding is governed by city law, and each city can vary in whether they allow sidewalk riding, create special rules or speed limits and how peds must be treated, or restrict sidewalk cycling altogether. While it is counterintuitive to many, sidewalk riding carries a much higher crash risk than riding in the road. Our traffic skills intro is on the CyclistView website

[wisdomandchange777]

i see u ride right in the middle of the lane , but i wonder if Texas drivers will think i am taking their lane when i shouldn't or if in fact i am not suppose to be right on the middle of the lane because i am on Texas ? .

[CyclistLorax]

@wisdomandchange777 - Only Califoirnia, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and New Hampshire have the unusual wording that makes the impeding traffic law apply to bicyclists. In 43 states, the law only applies to the drivers of motor vehicles (and tw ostates have no such law), so in these 5 states, police can and do use the law to harass bicyclists by using it as a de facto minimum speed limit to kick bicyclists off the roadway. This is what the miscreants in Ennis did to Reed.

[CyclistLorax]

@MattTheWeedMaster - And who put you above the CA State Legislature that you can dictate to road users? You are yet another ignorant idiot with an opinion. Better still, why don't you get off the road, since your bigotry against other road users makes you unfit to responsibly use public infrastructure.

[senorspiegel]

this music makes you a better cyclist

[Dragonsayian]

@matrich1983 You are to stupid taxes are paid by regular taxes like and also cyclist do not damage the road because they put no weight or burn no emissions . A cyclist also takes another car off the road instead .

[distortion041]

When I'm riding narrow lanes, I know I should take the lane but I am hesitant because I feel like a dick ... Just thinking of all the drivers passing me thinking, get this hippie off the road.

[milkmilkmilkbread]

thanks a ton for this video. im a student about to purchase a ss bike to commute through the city and i was unsure of how turns are done. thanks again so much,a great help! GOD Bless :)

[univegRider]

Every time I do this the cars start to honk and get road rage they dont understand that bikes have the same rights as cars.

[TheSkeimo]

Cycling and driving on the wrong side of the road

[simplyxblonde]

Thank-you so much for this video!

So much needs to be done to educate the motored-vehicle drivers on the road. They are ignorant to the fact that cyclists have every right to be there.

I am so scared for my life sometimes. I obey the law 100%, and still, I see horrendous things! I have had cars yelling at me, throwing things at me, and have even seen passengers lean out of cars to push cyclists off their bikes in the middle of the road. Unbelievable...

[VietSquat]

I am about to go back to college which is about 6 miles away from where I live. I might purchase a bike just to do this from now on lol.

[Strideo1]

@AutodromoF1 Departs of Motor Vehicles all over the country could do more to educate drivers period. A lot more motorist as well as cyclist lives' could be saved if driver education weren't such a joke in most of the U.S.