Visibility and Predictability are Key to Safety

• Riders must wear a helmet. Taillights are strongly suggested. Mirrors and brightly-colored clothing may help you see and be seen.

• Carry emergency contact information.

• Do not wear anything in your ears that prevents you from hearing what is going on around you.

• Ride single-file and stay to the right except when road conditions allow.

• Don’t bunch up at traffic lights (creates traffic confusion).

• As a general rule, pass other riders on their left. If for some reason you decide to pass on someone’s right, call out: “On your right”.

• Keep together as a unit as much as possible at intersections. (“One larger thing” is more visible and less confusing to cars than “smaller separate things.”)

• Riders who want to be dropped or go off on their own must tell someone.

• Obey traffic laws.

• Understand how to safely navigate various traffic configurations and turns. Refer to the Arizona Department of Public Safety Bicycle Safety.