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In a brand-new series of articles to be published this month, we will discuss real situations you can get injured and real methods to avoid them. This is not going to be your typical bicycle protection tips, which normally recommend you only to use your helmet and to obey the rules. But consider this for a moment: Putting on a helmet will do definitely nothing to avoid you from getting injured by a car. Sure, bike helmets could protect a little you if you get bumped, but your # 1 objective ought to be to prevent getting struck in the first place. Plenty of bikers are seriously injured by automobiles although they were putting on bike helmets. Actually, if they had ridden without helmets, yet used the recommendations on the series of published pages, they could still be alive today. Don't fall for the misconception that putting on a helmet is the first and last word in cycling safety. In truth, an ounce of avoidance is worth a pound of treatment. It's much better to not get struck to begin with. That's what real bicycle safety has to do with.
The next most typical bike safety recommendations after "use a helmet" is "obey the law," but a lot of individuals are already aware that it's dumb to race through a red light when there's cross traffic. So the "obey the law" recommendations isn't really that helpful because it's too apparent. What you'll find here are several situations that possibly aren't that apparent.
The other trouble with the "obey the rules" message is that individuals might think that's all they need to do. But following the law is not enough to protect you, not by a long shot. Below's an example: The rule states you to be as far to the right as is practicable. But if you ride too far to the right, someone leaving a parked car could open their door right in front of you, and you'll be less noticeable to motorists pulling out of driveways and parking lots, and motorists coming from behind might pass you way too tightly in the same lane because you didn't make them alter lanes. In each of these cases you were obeying the law, but you made it simpler for yourself to get struck. These series of pages and articles doesn't concentrate on the law, it concentrates on how to not get struck by automobiles. Now let's see how to prevent getting hit.
Please return back next week for our first release of real methods and pointers to prevent getting struck by motor vehicles. Till then, remain safe and never stop riding!
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