Vehicular Cycling - Technique

Technique

A vehicular cyclist is a cyclist who generally travels within the roadway in accordance with the basic vehicular rules of the road that are shared by all drivers and adhering to traffic controls. Vehicular cyclists, Forester advises, should feel and act like vehicle drivers, albeit the drivers of narrow and relatively low-powered vehicles.

In Effective Cycling, Forester introduces what he calls "the five basic principles of cycling in traffic".

  • Ride on the road, with the direction of traffic.
  • Yield to crossing traffic at junctions with larger roads.
  • Yield to traffic in any lane you are moving to, or when you are moving laterally on the road.
  • Position yourself appropriately at junctions when turning - near the curb when turning off the road on the side you are travelling on, near the center line when turning across the other side of the road, and in the center when continuing straight on.
  • Ride in a part of the road appropriate to your speed; typically, faster traffic is near the center line.

Vehicular cycling theory specifies the position, motion and behavior of cyclists, and sets out several techniques for them to use.

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