Bike Part 2

Safety on a bike http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Travel-and-transport/Cycling/Cycling-safety/Tips.aspx
http://www.ebay.com.au/bhp/round-reflectors

Roundabouts (s111, s119)

At roundabouts:

• drivers who want to turn right at two-lane roundabouts are required to enter the roundabout and complete the turn, from the right hand lane
• cyclists are exempt from this requirement and may enter the roundabout and complete a right hand turn from either the left lane or the right lane
• cyclists, if they choose to make a right turn from the left lane, must give way to any vehicle that is crossing their path to leave the roundabout.

Cyclists may turn right from the right lane of two-lane roundabouts.

Cyclists may also turn right from the left lane of two-lane roundabouts, but must give way to vehicles that cross their path.

Note: Cyclists riding in the far left marked lane of a roundabout with 2 or more marked lanes, or the far left line of traffic in a roundabout with room for 2 or more lines of traffic, must give way to any vehicle leaving the roundabout.

 http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-483164.html

 It's best not to get too far outside the norm or you'll confuse other road users. Lots of white light front, lots of red light rear. I believe that motorists are used to following red lights, and avoiding amber lights. Amber is used for construction/pothole markings as well as on the back side of most ambulance vehicles (along with flashing red lights). Somebody really drunk might just follow your steady red light or reflector - him at 50 mph, you at 15 mph. Not pretty. I run a blinky amber and a bilnky red on the rear. In my rear view mirror I can see cars moving out of my lane an eighth of a mile back. I would never run a steady red light or a red reflector alone. Blinky red alone? Do I really want to ID myself as a bicycle if there is a chance I could look like a BUS? Not really. Be the bus Danny!

ccident/Incident

 How to avoid having a ghost bike at the site of an incident that is called an accident? First read David Brennan's essay post in his blogThe Mind of a Helmet Camera Cyclist   on incident verus accident A culture of Responsibility

In Case of Impact-  witness- record, ask for witnesses  and call 000, (even from a touch from a car, truck or bike, or pedestrian- by Law call 000 Ambulance and Police)

A slow moving impact that happned to our friend in July 2013  is posted here