Gaston County Detail Maps Laws & Safety Tips Gaston County Gastonia Bessemer City Bicycle Bessemer Bike = Vehicle Basic Traffic Riding Techniques Share the Road Rhyne SIMS EAST Highland Technology Woodhill T BRADLEY WALKING City Elementary 274N MAP S PARK LEGION Elementary PARK Primary Magnet School 85 N TRACK Cars and bicycles frequently must Share BESSEMER In North Carolina, your bicycle is a vehicle and you are A Elementary PARK O Destination and position 1 Riding confidently and skillfully in traffic takes practice M The Road. On roadways with high levels N A Rhynes OR MARSHALL 4 its driver. You share the rights and the duties with all T K Gastonia A E T W Airfield and an understanding of some basic ideas. One of the of bicycle traffic, but relatively demanding D H R Bessemer SENA T O Fire Station D CITY other drivers as you use the State's roadway network. Near intersections, it’s a good idea to let your road position R O S I D O City High most important ideas is road position. Just where you E A ARTHUR RAUCH HWY D V conditions for bicyclists, Share The Road #2 O L M A R tell others where you’re going. T L I S O S A D ride on the roadway depends on several important things: T D signs have been installed. These signs are T R T O R A R T DA SON ST H VID K S E S your speed, the width and condition of the road, and C ERWIN R intended to increase motorists’ awareness IN S H S T S K N A N To turn right, move towards the right edge of the E 1 85 T Z N PARK 9 T S T your destination. E R P of bicyclists on a roadway without designating E O Follow The Road Rules J 32 1 E H R E V N A A SUNSET S roadway. SO B R D IO ID W DAV RI O M W N T S P R O A A NE N IN T O S E that roadway as a preferred route. O A H A V P A V S R V L A Y SR 1484 A D T E O D D SR 1452 R E SHARE M T N D AI To go straight, keep at least three feet from the curb S A N C 2 E S A T O Fire Dept A R S V T R W H THE L RH H Speed and road position L S 1. Ride on the right side of the road, S I H T K T and stay out of right turn lanes. 1 Gastonia 1448 Bicyclists, however, must also be aware of E GASTONIA T A 7 ROAD G 1 R City Hall N E 2 R I P R R A RK N O going with the flow of traffic. H A Fire Station 1 Y V Bessemer City S H Y U the importance of sharing the road with W R UPTOWN H 274 E C County C #6 Central Elementary To turn left, ride about three feet right of the center SR 1403 The closer you go to the speed of traffic, the closer you 3 N S N A WORTH Library I motorists. If someone comes up behind DSS Police PARK AV & N M T County O N should ride to that traffic. line or, if there is one, use the left turn lane. U P R Dept 274 LN PARK T A O you, move to the right when safe to allow A C R W Courthouse 7 S Post Office E T N D R V O I S E R Webb Street IN AV E L P N G A L O IN them to pass. In groups, bicyclists should R N O IA 2. Obey all traffic controls — like stop Y G Arlington I G T A Elem L V A S FOUNDERS When everyone else is going a lot faster than you, keep AV AV O R signs, traffic lights, and one-way 1 E ride cooperatively and help motorists pass T JEFFERS Elem N W MAIN ST P.O. P BESSEMER PARK O V T A T W D L well to the right. S E A 279 signs. S B B A safely. A F PARK A PARK S MA KEVIN MILLWOOD/ G A SR 1339 W FRA H V O NKLIN A Gastonia BLVD E FRANKLIN BLVD S WASHINGTON T R B T V T OS T A T Cycling & 4 TO T T Chamber A N H When they’re going a little faster, ride near traffic. This Fire Station S PARK B 2 T S 161 S 1 A S V Right City Fitness First W e sleyan E E S 2ND STREET R T ST T P T of Commerce S #3 E E S S N D 3. Signal whenever you intend to 2ND STREE VE S Left encourages right-turners to slow and wait instead of passing N T L L C Elementary BE E S N Hall N I T I N C D A O H O R H W A E 3R E N turn, merge to another road T D D T R T S H at the last moment and cutting you off. V S K A L T T 0 8 GA W L D 1 R A York Stop A R E A L Y IS B position, or stop. DR O N N D E I K B T U L R S F Chester M V T S E O Wear a Helmet! D R R I S T E S A H U T R 1 Middle F 3 S 3 O N 2 3 T O E When they’re going the same speed as you, ride in the S N SR 1307 3 T Bessemer City N S P D I U O W If you don't already have one, get a bicycle helmet K S E E G line of traffic. This is your most visible position and right going left T Middle R E O D ST N 4 H R 6TH R TH E 4. Yield the right-of-way whenever O ST Schiele Grier R turn today!* If you have one, wear it every time you ride. R D CLAY ST S W straight turn C O ensures you’ll be where drivers look for traffic. There’s D D Y LINEBERGER Middle you enter the road or when you T O V 131 Museum D A R TRACK RD Today’s helmets look good, are very light, and let in R O L N no reason to ride fast near the curb and a lot of good PARK H change lanes or road position. T N S R D 5 BESSEMER CITY O E R those cooling breezes... all while protecting your head MILLER IA S T E SR 1 reasons not to. O S G D A D S N RRISON COUNTY PARK E H ST E RD 136 P BLVD ON and brain! Helmets cost as little as $15 and could be O W IX H D C Pleasant E H H T DR Library O T C S N A A your most important piece of equipment. Ridge IL R H 5. Use a good set of lights and Making left turns SR 1 W C L Avon/Catawba CR O v U Elem A E E N R N E S I A o Creek Greenway C reflectors whenever you ride after V R V T RD Sherwood H L L ON n H S T K D Elementary dark. C I Dallas Making left turns is tricky but can be learned. Start on JA N L R L A C F CAROLINA NO Why Y E TT I R N quiet streets and work up to busier ones. St Michaels G W 274 T r H DR D O N A M AV M I S L A L L AMERICAN e D School F R I N D S In a word: protection. A R 1 I O SR 1800 D L e S R R 6. Don't ride your bike on sidewalks O A U D ST k E L CA R T Gastonia S good bike helmet can protect R S RK O T A R E L A D P D As you approach an T I IN and treat pedestrians with 1 L A E NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION C NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Y I 3 F A Fire Station O 275 131 N V 2 your brain. That's important R H D SR 1 E 1 A V A LAUREL O respect. intersection where you R LN Division of Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation V # 1 much E G A M FERGUSON if your head hits a hard ANTHONY N T LINWOOD D W S want to turn left, look E D 321 slower N R PARK N Y PTO I D W surface… like a road, a curb, Published March 2004 U PARK Hunter Huss R SR 1001 H A Lingerfeldt N Y DR B E back. If someone is GARLAND L A Town Hall & V M High Greenway 155 N or a car. Brains are fragile A DR Elementary O A L T L R Police Dept S coming, decide whether AV Access Point SR 2457 K and once damaged may not WEST E Greenway S DR MAI E A N 2 C A EN B L you can move left across ID OLD Access Point ST O L mend.