A 4-minute lesson from the Utah course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
When you ride a bicycle, you're a vehicle operator too. Utah sets rules for bicycle brakes, lights, and how you ride, and it sorts electric-assisted bicycles into three classes by how the motor helps and when it cuts out.
Bicycle
A human-powered vehicle driven by pedals or cranks, with a seat, on wheels at least 14 inches in diameter. It includes an electric-assisted bicycle.
More than a half-hour after sunset, earlier than a half-hour before sunrise, or whenever you can't make out vehicles 1,000 feet away, you need a white headlight, a red taillight or reflector, and side reflectors, all visible for at least 500 feet. They may be on the bike or the rider.
A cyclist at a stop sign may go through without stopping after slowing to a reasonable speed and yielding to any pedestrian in the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
A CPSC-approved helmet is always recommended; it dramatically improves your chance of surviving a crash. Make eye contact with drivers and assume they don't see you.
A motorcycle, moped, or bicycle rider 16 or older, stopped at a signal that hasn't detected them, may cross after waiting at least 90 seconds if no other vehicles or pedestrians are near.
You're riding home 45 minutes after sunset. Because it's more than a half-hour after sunset, your white headlight, red taillight or reflector, and side reflectors must be on and visible from 500 feet.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
A bicycle must have a brake system that stops it within how many feet from 10 mph?
25 feet
10 feet
50 feet
15 feet
Answer: 25 feet
Every bicycle must have a brake system that stops it within 25 feet from a speed of 10 mph.