Bike Safety
Do you know what side of the
street you should ride when you are on your bike? Will wearing a helmet help to prevent you
from getting hit by a car? Take a look at this cool website to learn about bike
safety and tips on how to stay safe while riding your bicycle. Are you taking
all the precautions when you are on your bike?
Instructions: Answer the
following questions on a lined piece of paper. Remember to put your name an
date on the top, left hand corner. When you are finished answering the
questions, draw an advertisement to be used in the school newspaper about this
topic.
1. Although
the law says to ride your bike as far right as possible, why can this be
dangerous?
2. List
the ten ways, listed on the website, not to get hit. Choose one and describe it
in no less than a paragraph.
3. Is it
legal to take the whole lane when riding your bike?
4. How
many people die in car crashes in the
5. How
many of those deaths are bicyclists?
6. Pick
one thing you learned in this article that you will do now when riding your
bicycle and describe why.