Safety cyclists

On the 2nd of November Constable Matt came to teach us the safety rules about riding on the road. first he went through the rules of riding and where you need to ride and what you need to do when you are in certain situations.he started to teach us about what to do when you are at an intersection. If you are in a T intersection the rule is the top of the T goes before me. Then we started talking about how the round about rules are like always give way to your right and look before you choose to go.

Hand signals were next. We got taught that if you wanna stop raise your hand and stop the bike to tell the person behind you that you are stopping. If you wanna turn left stretch your arm out to the left then make sure no one is coming from your right then go. If you wanna go straight put your arm to the left then when you are in the middle put your right arm out to the right. If you are going right do the exact same for the left just for the right side.

Finally the good stuff happened. We got on our bikes and Matt had set up three intersections for us to practice on with 15 others. We played around using our knowledge so we wouldn't crash in a round about or an intersection. Personally it was fun until i got the freaks when me and van almost collided because he didn't see me put my hand out so i had to put the brakes on before he crashes straight into the bike. I personally think that this was for our safety for when we are older and biking on the ride or driving in a car.

Its good to know these rules