Resources on Riding Skills, Bike Laws, and Safety

This page includes California bike law summaries, Bicycling Monterey’s primary tips (33 topics, including sidewalks, crosswalks, bike parties, and more); info specific to e-bikes (including determining if a mobility device is street legal); resources from others for all types of bikes (including avoiding a collision, biking around trucks, and our compilation of various resources in Spanish); Smart Cycling videos, in Spanish and English. And, to share with motorists: Bike-Safe Driving / tips for people who drive, in Spanish and English.

California bike law summaries

🚲California bike law summary in English (8.5 x 11 flyer, including links to California Vehicle Code)
🚲Leyes de ciclismo de California (bilingual, 8.5 x 11 flyer)
🚲About fines for bicycle-related California Vehicle Code violations

🚲CalBike’s key sections of California Vehicle Code: https://www.calbike.org/go_for_a_ride/california_bicycle_laws/#laws

Bicycling Monterey’s primary tips

🚲🥳Special resource for bike parties, etc.: Rideout or Rude Out? Instructions for group social rides

Additional info for e-bike riders

🚲California: Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else? And is it street legal? Includes links to descriptions of a range of mobility devices, and legal requirements for their use.

🚲USA: People For Bikes separates fact from fiction in a 3-part series: https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/115540893633464646

🚲E-Bike Regulations

🚲E-Bike Safety and Training Programs

Resources from others, for all types of bikes

🚲Haga clic aquí – Una colección de recursos en español sobre ciclismo (Click here for our collection of various resources in Spanish)

🚲⭐️Avoid a collision! Ten Ways to Not Get Hit: https://bicyclesafe.com/

🚲⭐️What Cyclists Need to Know About Trucks: https://cyclingsavvy.org/what-cyclists-need-to-know-about-trucks/

Smart Cycling videos, in English and Spanish

🚲League of American Bicyclists (AKA Bike League) Smart Cycling videos —
English: https://bikeleague.org/ridesmart/ridesmartvideos/
Spanish: Montar Inteligent: Videos de Smart Cycling

Bike League’s free online Learning Center also features:
Learn to Ride (for children and other new riders—in English and Spanish), Tips for Older Adults, and more (as well as Smart Cycling).
Learning Center https://learn.bikeleague.org/
FAQs https://learn.bikeleague.org/faqs

For people who drive: Bike-safe aka bike-friendly driving tips, in English and Spanish

🚲League of American Bicyclists (AKA Bike League) videos for motorists—a playlist of seven short videos.
English: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEunXMVRYA7SvZsgu-YYeUJbo0rdgmRIF
Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEunXMVRYA7TRPpFiT_C14G_EBgDf2r_f.

🚲 Bike League’s videos for truck drivers — Camiones Grandes y Bicicletas / Big Trucks and Bikes — a three-part educational video series. https://bikeleague.org/new-video-series-big-trucks-and-bikes-educating-truck-drivers-to-save-lives/.

🚲 Bike-Friendly Driving / Bike-Safe Driving

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