Kiama Bicycle Road Safety Quiz Competition

Whether it’s for recreation, fitness or your daily commute, people are riding bicycles more than ever.

It’s easy to become complacent about safety, especially on a familiar route. Taking risks and not following road rules on paths or roads can have serious consequences.

Want to win a Bicycle Helmet to the value of $60?

Now is a great time to brush up on bicycle road safety tips to ensure everyone stays safe.

Make sure you read the following before completing the quiz:

1. Bicycle Riders -Staying Safe
2. Bicycle Safe Riding
3. Shared Paths
4. Helmets and Safety Gear
5. Tips for Pedestrians
6. Skateboards, foot scooters and rollerblades

This quiz will take you 4 minutes to complete.

Note: Completion of this quiz and any survey questions are voluntary, and you may stop at any time. Your individual responses will not be shared and are confidential.

Przies will be drawn at the conclusion of the promotion, for further details please read the Conditions of Entry click here

Great, now let’s see how well you know the bicycle and pedestrian related road rules!

You will be able to see your quiz results upon completion.

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* 1. What is the gap that motorists in NSW must leave when they overtake a bicycle rider when travelling on roads where the speed limit is 60km/hr or more?

2 metres

1 metre

1.5 metres

0 metres

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* 2. If you're a cyclist approaching pedestrians on a shared path, what must you do?

Keep riding

Keep left slow down and prepare to stop and give way to pedestrians

Move off the shared path

Stop and let the pedestrians move past

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* 3. Bicycle riders must give hand signals if they want to change direction to the right

True

False

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* 4. It is an offence to ride your bicycle and not be in control. What things must you always do to stay in control? (tick all that apply)

Keep both hands on the handlebars

Keep feet on both pedals

Text someone and tell them what to do

Not carry anything that may assist you to lose control

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* 5. Why are there mandatory helmet laws for all bicycle riders regardless of age in NSW?

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Magpie protection

To help prevent head injuries and brain damage from falls and crashes

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* 6. Which of the following are true about rollerblades, skateboards, scooters, unicycles or other similar wheeled devices: (tick all that apply)

People riding these wheeled devices are considered pedestrians

Powered foot scooters and skateboards can be ridden on footpaths

Foot scooters, skateboards and rollerblades can be ridden on footpaths and shared paths but riders must give way to other pedestrians using the path

On a separated footpaths, foot scooter, skateboard and rollerblade riders must use the side of the path desiginated for bicycles, but must keep out of the path of any bicycle

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* 7. Using headphones or a mobile phone while riding has no impact on your safety

True

False

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* 8. Where can bicycle riders ride their bike? (Tick all that apply)

On a bicycle path or bicycle lane

On a shared path or separated footpath

In a bicycle, transit, tram, truck or bus lane, but not a bus only lane

On any road unless a sign prohibits bicycle riders from riding there

Wherever they want