Stay off your phone and pay attention to the road.
Don’t speed (and please slow down).
You can LEGALLY cross a double-yellow line to pass a person riding a bike, as long as it is safe to do so.
Change lanes to pass when possible. Practice social distancing otherwise. If you do not have enough room to pass a person riding a bike safely, then you should not pass them until you can. A person riding a bike should never be able to reach out and touch any part of your vehicle when you pass them, that’s WAY too close!
Don’t tell people on bikes to go first at a stop sign. Go through the intersection in the order you arrived.
Don’t drive or park in the bike lane (even if your emergency flashers are on).
Remember that people riding bikes can be wherever it’s safest for them to ride, and riding side-by-side with a friend is often safer than single-file. People on bikes cannot impede traffic, they are traffic, just like people in cars.
Practice the “dutch reach”. This means opening your driver-side door with your passenger-side hand. This forces you to swivel your body enough to see behind you and make sure no one is riding up within your door zone if you park on the street.
Avoid the left hook. When about to turn left, make sure all traffic has cleared the intersection first (not just motor vehicles). It may be difficult to see a person on a bike in oncoming traffic across an intersection if they’re in the bike lane, so wait to be sure. Be extra vigilant when turning between stopped vehicles if another driver in the oncoming lane left space for you to turn left. A person on a bike may not be able to see you.
Yield to the right-most traffic. Regardless of whether the person riding a bike is in front of you, next to you, or behind your vehicle, the right-most traffic has the right-of-way. Don’t assume a bicycle is moving slowly. If you need to make a right turn, wait for the person riding a bike to clear the intersection before turning. Check your passenger-side mirror before turning right.
Use your turn signals so people can predict your movement and avoid a collision.
People are allowed to ride bikes on sidewalks, so do an extra wide visual sweep before pulling across a sidewalk or greenway. Always yield to people on the sidewalk or in the crosswalk. Look before turning into parking lots and driveways.
