Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Bike Sense - Manual (Page 25)

B I K E S E N S E — T H E W I S C O N S I N B I C Y C L E O P E R A T O R ’ S M A N U A L 25
tion and proceed when it is safe to do so. You may also dismount
and cross as a pedestrian. Report the malfunctioning signal to
your traffic engineering department.
Carrying children
Special care should be taken when transporting a child by bicycle.
There are a number of options available for transporting children
depending on their size and age. For carrying younger
children, a bike trailer offers more protection for
the child if you should fall. Bike trailers are
generally considered to be a safer alternative
than a bicycle child seat. When using a seat
mounted on the back of a bicycle, special care
should be taken to ensure that the child’s feet,
hands and clothing cannot be caught in the
spokes or other moving parts of the bike.
Bike trailers and trailer-bicycles should be
equipped with a taillight and reflector if
Traffic signals
Many traffic signals are triggered by electrically charged wires buried
under the pavement. When a vehicle passes over or stops over the
wires, the metal disrupts the current, which sends a signal to a traffic
light control box.
Most bicycles contain enough metal to trigger the light, but you
should know where the most sensitive spots are. Look for cut lines in
the pavement, filled with tar. Depending on the shape, the most sen-
sitive spots are:
• Diamonds: just inside one of the points.
• Rectangles: on the edges.
If you cannot trigger the signal, and you have waited an appropriate
amount of time, treat the traffic signal as an uncontrolled intersec-
Because headphones obstruct your hearing,
they should not be worn while bicycling.
Trailer
Trailer-Bike
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