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How to share the road (for bicyclists)

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 9:24pm
Kevin Williams of the Chicago Tribune has some good advice for safe on-street bicycling:
1. Establish best practices. Do everything in a safe, defensive manner. Obey traffic laws - period. Signal your intentions with hand gestures, and never be the first one into the intersection.

2. Never be where you aren’t expected. No zipping between cars, scooting by on the wrong side of turning traffic or riding on the sidewalk. Wrong way down a one-way street? You know better.

3. Be smooth and predictable. Ride as straight a line as possible, no weaving, no swerving.

4. Be a politician. Make contact, saying "good morning" or nodding.
His other points:

5. It isn’t you.

6. Never engage.

7. Manage your space.

8. Be vivid.

Read the article for full details.
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