Sharing with bicycles — Missouri Permit Test

Most collisions with bicycles and mopeds happen at intersections, so scan carefully for them before proceeding through one.

The intersection is where paths cross, and a bicycle is the easiest thing there to look past.

Most collisions with bicycles and mopeds happen at intersections

Crashes with wrong-way bicyclists often happen when a motorist turning right onto a main road looks only to the left.

Turning right you look left for a gap. A bicycle coming the other way along the sidewalk arrives from the side you never checked.

Be sure to look right and check for wrong-way bicyclists on the road or sidewalk before proceeding.

If you are following a bicyclist and need to make a right turn, slow down and remain behind the cyclist until you are able to turn.

Passing and then turning across the cyclist is the right-hook. Staying behind removes it entirely.

If you are following a bicyclist and need to make a right turn, slow down and remain behind the cyclist until you are able to turn.

If you need to make a left turn, yield to oncoming bicyclists unless you are absolutely sure you can turn before the cyclist reaches the intersection.

Cyclists travel faster than they look. The gap you think you have is smaller than it appears.

If you need to make a left turn, yield to oncoming bicyclists unless you are absolutely sure you can make the turn before the cyclist reaches the intersection.

When passing, give bicycles and mopeds a full lane width and do not squeeze past them.

A bicycle needs room to swerve around a drain grate. Squeezing past takes that room away at the worst moment.

When you are passing, give bicycles and mopeds a full lane width. Do not squeeze past these road users.

Wait for a clear stretch of road before passing a cyclist in a lane too narrow to share.

A narrow lane will not hold both of you. The wait is short and the alternative is not.

Wait for a clear stretch of road before passing a cyclist in a lane too narrow to share.

Check for passing bicyclists before opening your car door into a traffic lane or a bicycle lane.

A door opened without looking is a wall appearing in front of a cyclist with no time to stop.

Check for passing bicyclists before opening your car door into a traffic lane or bicycle lane.

A bicycle lane is a part of the roadway marked by striping for bicycles; you may cross one when turning or when entering or leaving the roadway, and you must yield to bicyclists in it.

Crossing is allowed, driving along it is not, and the cyclist in it goes first.

You may cross a bicycle lane when turning or when entering or leaving the roadway.

Where do most collisions with bicycles and mopeds happen?

At intersections. The intersection is where paths cross, and a bicycle is the easiest thing there to look past. Missouri Driver Guide, p.31: “Most collisions with bicycles and mopeds happen at intersections”