Bicycles approaching passing — Louisiana Permit Test

You must yield to bicyclists in intersections as you would for pedestrians and other vehicles.

Bikes are small and easy to miss at a corner. Yielding to them as you would to a car keeps riders from being hit.

You must yield to bicyclists in intersections as you would for pedestrians and other vehicles.

Increase your following distance behind bicyclists, because bikes stop in a shorter distance than cars.

A bike can stop faster than you can. Following close means you run into the back of it.

Increase following distances behind bicyclists because bicycle-stopping distances are shorter than automobiles.

Louisiana requires at least 3 feet between a passing car and a slower bicyclist.

A small wobble from a pothole or a gust of wind can push a rider sideways. Three feet gives that wobble room.

A three-foot distance must be present between the passing automobile and slower traveling bicyclists.

Avoid passing between a bicyclist and an oncoming car on a two-way road; slow down, let the car pass, then move left to pass the rider.

Squeezing between a bike and an oncoming car leaves no room if either one moves.

Avoid passing between a bicyclist and an oncoming vehicle on a two-way road.

Give bicyclists the entire lane when they are passing parked cars; they need room to avoid opening doors.

A car door can swing open right in front of a rider. They need space to steer away from it.

Give bicyclists the entire lane when they are passing parked cars.

Use caution passing bicyclists, because the air current from a passing vehicle may cause them to crash.

The rush of air from a car going by can shove a light bike off its line.

Use caution when passing bicyclists because the air current created by a passing vehicle may cause bicyclists to have a crash.

If a bicyclist is unsafely moving into your lane, give the horn only a light tap.

A loud blast can scare a rider into swerving. A light tap warns them without a shock.

If they are unsafely moving into your lane of travel, only give your horn a light tap.

At an intersection, how should you treat a bicyclist?

Yield as you would to other vehicles. Bikes are small and easy to miss at a corner. Yielding to them as you would to a car keeps riders from being hit. Class D & E Driver's Guide, p.80: “You must yield to bicyclists in intersections as you would for pedestrians and other vehicles.”