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Everything for riding to work: routes, gear, locking up and staying dry
Highway Code Rule 60 in plain English: the lights and reflectors a UK bike must carry at night, what is advice only, and where the regulations sit.
Why the right side and the front of a truck or bus hide cyclists at junctions, and where to hold back when it turns or pulls away.
Ride at least 30 inches (76 cm) from parked cars; the full door zone reaches about 9.5 ft from the curb. Here is how the numbers differ and how to use them.
Never ride or wade through floodwater: it hides holes, debris and undercurrents and can knock an adult over. How to read the water's edge and turn back.
California Vehicle Code 21208 requires riders slower than traffic to use a bike lane, with four exceptions. CalBike says protected lanes fall outside it.
In Ontario you cannot ride a bike inside a pedestrian crossover or crosswalk; you walk it across. How each is defined, how to cross, and the $85 set fine.
Quebec drivers leave 1 m in zones of 50 km/h or less and 1.5 m above, need no set gap by a curb-protected bikeway, and may cross a solid line for a cyclist.
Colorado's Safety Stop Law (HB22-1028): who may treat stop signs as yields and red lights as stops, the 10 mph limit, the age 15 rule and what stays local.
Ontario drivers must leave one meter when passing a cyclist where practical, or may face a fine and two demerit points. What it means for drivers and riders.
Pedal bikes owe no road tax: vehicle excise duty covers motor vehicles, and e-bikes meeting the EAPC tests are exempt. Great Britain, October 2026.
Irish bike lights must be on from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Flashing lights are legal at 60 flashes a minute or more.
German sign 244.1: other vehicles barred without a supplementary sign, 30 km/h for vehicle traffic, side-by-side riding allowed. Zone sign 244.3 compared.