Do you know the Bicycle Laws?
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Keep yourself safe while riding!
Florida Bicycle Laws:
- Obey all traffic controls and signals
- Do not ride a bicycle under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Stay alert! Do not text while biking or wear headphones or earbuds so you can hear everything around you
- If you are not traveling at teh speed of other traffic, you must use the bike lane; if no bike lane is available, you must stay on the right-most side of the road
- You may use the full lane when making a left turn, passing, avoiding hazards, or when a lane is too narrow for you and a car to share it safely
- Use directional hand signals to show other drivers that you are about to turn
- Never attach yourself or your bike to any vehicle on the roadway
- If you are riding on a sidewalk or crosswalk, you have all the rights and duties as a pedestrian. However, you must yiled the right-of-way to pedestrians
- Betwenn sunset and sunrise, you must have a white light visible from 500 feet in front of your bicycle, and a red light visible from 600 feet on the rear. Be seen! Wear reflective or neon colors!
- Stay safe!