#2: Courteously wait, after passing through a stop sign/light, to
allow everyone to re-group.
Riding away from the pack at a stop light doesn’t make you the fastest
rider! (We call that a Department of Transportation breakaway). Stay
with the group and show them how strong you really are!
Riders "chasing" to catch up are often tempted to unsafely
pass through an intersection. Waiting for them courteously promotes
safe riding.
Ride right! Ride safe! Wait for others after intersections!
#3: What to do when a driver yields right of way and waves a group
of riders through.
- This situation is always going to be a judgement call. It may be
OK to go
through if it's a 4-way stop and there are no other cars in sight besides
the
one waving you through - but -
- The busier the intersection, the less likely it is that it is going
to be
safe to go ahead and ride through.
- The very most important thing in this situation is that riders communicate
with each other about what the group should do. If there are two riders
in the
front and one of them goes ahead and rides through, while the other
one shakes
their head and waves at the car to go ahead, this is going to cause
confusion
both for the driver and for the riders behind - a very unsafe situation!
Ride right! Ride safe! Communicate with other riders in the group about
what
you are going to do in ambiguous situations.
