Register your Bike: Please register your bike with DPS when you arrive on campus. They will give you a unique number for your bike, so if it is lost or stolen, DPS will be better equipped to track it down. DPS is located in Kaufman Hall. Around Carlisle: It&#8217;s important to use caution while riding on the road with cars. The League of American Bicyclists has a beautiful guide on safe cycling. All of this general information may be applied to all states. In Carlisle,  <span><a href="https://blogs.dickinson.edu/dickinsonbikes/safety-tips/" class="readmore">Continue reading &rarr;</a></span>{"id":7,"date":"2011-04-15T20:38:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T20:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/bikingatdickinson\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2017-08-02T18:57:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T18:57:56","slug":"safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Register your Bike:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please register your bike with DPS when you arrive on campus. They will give you a unique number for your bike, so if it is lost or stolen, DPS will be better equipped to track it down. DPS is located in Kaufman Hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Around Carlisle<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to use caution while riding on the road with cars. <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeleague.org\/\">The League of American Bicyclists<\/a> has a beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/bikeleague\/docs\/quickguide_copyright\">guide on safe cycling<\/a>. All of this general information may be applied to all states. In Carlisle, you are prohibited from biking on sidewalks in the downtown district (you shouldn&#8217;t be biking on sidewalks anyway) and Pennsylvania you must have a front white light and rear red reflector while biking at night (you should have those regardless). Also, if you haven&#8217;t had enough, you can be an expert by reading up on <a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.dot.state.pa.us\/public\/PubsForms\/Publications\/PUB%20380.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PA&#8217;s Biking Laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What are some of the <strong>important\u00a0concepts<\/strong> to take from these documents?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wear a helmet<\/strong> In 90% of bicycle crashes that resulted in a fatality, the rider wasn&#8217;t wearing a helmet.\u00a0 Protect your noggin&#8217;!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bikes are considered vehicles <\/strong>Lots of rights, but lots of responsibilities ensue<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motor vehicle laws apply<\/strong> to people on bicycles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laws are enforced<\/strong> by municipal and state police, citations may be given.<\/li>\n<li>Use the<strong> bike lane<\/strong> when possible &#8211; if it is unsafe though (open car door, debris, construction) you are not required to stay in the bike lane.\u00a0 Ride as far to the right of the road <em>as is practicable<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Ride <strong>single file<\/strong>; it&#8217;s safer anyways.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yield for pedestrian<\/strong>; they always have the right of way.<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<strong>traffic signals<\/strong>, be predictable so drivers and pedestrians know what you&#8217;re up to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Frequently asked questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Are there bike racks in Downtown Carlisle?<\/em> Yes, there are! Commuter Services of Pennsylvania has a <a title=\"Commuter Services Bike Rack Map\" href=\"http:\/\/pacommuterservices.org\/bike-rack-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">map<\/a> of municipalities throughout South Central PA.\u00a0 You can search in Carlisle or anywhere in the region!<\/p>\n<p><em>What is the Carlisle Road Diet? <\/em>Great efforts have been made to convert Carlisle into a\u00a0more bike friendly area.\u00a0If you are wondering how\u00a0the bike lane\u00a0on High Street came to be,\u00a0take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pi50nMDppYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlisle Road Diet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":959,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/dickinsonbikes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}