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Summer Bike Safety Tips
- Proper bicycle fit and maintenance are important for safety.
- Ensure proper bike fit by bringing along your child when shopping for a bike. Buy a bicycle that is the right size for your child, not one that he will grow into. When sitting on the seat, the child’s feet should touch the ground.
- Make sure the bike’s reflectors are secure, the brakes work properly, the gears shift smoothly and the tires are tightly secured and properly inflated.
- Teach your child the rules of the road, and obey all traffic laws.
- Ride on the right side of the road, with traffic, not against. Stay as far to the right as possible.
- Use appropriate hand signals.
- Respect traffic signals, stopping at all stop signs and stop lights.
- Stop and look left, right and left again before entering a street or crossing an intersection. Look back and yield to traffic coming from behind before turning left.
Source: Safe Kids Worldwide http://www.usa.safekids.org/content_documents/Bike_tips.pdf
