bicycle safety
...hundred people that died from bike accidents involving vehicles. The total bicycle/vehicle accidents for the year 2000 were eight hundred and fifty six in the United States; six hundred eighty seven of those were head injuries. Here are some laws that must be followed when riding. The most important law to follow is wearing a HELMET!!! You may think helmets are stupid, your friends don’t have to wear one, they look bad, but its a law and if you get caught by a police officer you can get a seventy five dollar fine for not wearing a helmet. (If you are thinking about not wearing a helmet next time you are on a bike -think about the six hundred eighty seven people that have died from head injuries!! ) Another law is to have reflectors on the front and back of your bike, if you do not have them on your bike at night you can get up to a fifty dollar ticket. Follow the same traffic laws, as cars when riding a bike because a bike is a vehicle just like a car or a motorcycle. Here are a few safety rules that you can follow to prevent...