there’s room for everyone
OUR GOAL:
We want to show America that with a little help from both drivers and cyclists, there’s room on the road for everyone. Our goal is to help fund the development of more bike lanes & protected bike paths across America to help keep cyclists safe.
We ride for fun. We ride for fitness. We ride to get from here to there, to free ourselves from the daily grind, and to make our world a better place through bikes. Sometimes we ride for no reason at all. We ride because we love how riding a bike creates a cool breeze on a still morning and how, after a long day at work, hopping on a bike makes us feel like the day has only begun. We ride so that our kids can enjoy the simple pleasure of two-wheeled adventures around the neighborhood. We ride to make familiar places new again. But mostly, we ride because it’s fun. With generous support from USA Cycling, funds from donations as well as the sale of the Share the Road specialty license plates, Share The Road USA provides mini-grants to organizations throughout the country to help support bicycle and pedestrian development programs. The mini-grants provide assistance to purchase equipment (such as trail signage, repairs of bicycles used for educational purposes, etc.), printed materials (printing of safety information, trail maps, etc.) or other safety related projects.
Bicyclists have the right to share the road and travel in the same direction as motor vehicles. They are often difficult to notice in traffic and have little protection from a traffic crash. Check your vehicle’s ‘blind spots’’ before you make a turn, parallel park, open a door or leave a curb. Don’t rely only on your rearview mirrors — turn your head to look for bicyclists, Skaters a. scooter operators who maybe alongside or approaching.
Drive Cautiously.
Reduce speed when encountering cyclists. Don’t tailgate, especially in bad weather. Recognize hazards cyclists may face and give them space.
Yield to Cyclists.
Bicycles are consider. vehicles. Cyclists should be given the appropiate right of way. Allow extra time for cyclists to traverse intersections.
Be Considerate.
Scan for cyclists in traffic and at intersections. Do not blast your horn in close proximity to cyclists. Look for cyclists when opening doors.
Pass with Care.
When passing, leave /our feel between you and a cyclist. Wait for safe road and traffic conditions before you pass. Also, check over your shoulder before moving back.
SOME OF US may have
FENDERS but NONE OF US
will just have a
FENDER BENDER
Please drive safe. There’s room for everyone.
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