Even though many bike commuters, myself included are about to give up their bike commuting as the days get shorter, the sunrises later and the sunsets earlier until 2009, this is a good tip for commuters and road riding in general. Honestly, I’ve been cycling on the roads of North Carolina (and a little in D.C., Virginia and Florida) for about three years now and I didn’t know until recently that we as cyclists had any chance of triggering signals.

On my commutes, training rides and the like, you’ll see me stopping for signals for my own safety and so that motorists don’t see us all as taking up their roads at slower speeds and not abiding by the laws of the road. Everyone bends the laws on the road on occasion (when’s the last time you went above the speed limit), but the explanations and instructions in the link below should help cyclists be able to safely and legally navigate roads with traffic signals.

How to Turn Signals Green