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May is Bicycle Safety Month: Share the Road and “Go Safely”
May is Bicycle Safety Month: Share the Road and “Go Safely” 
“Bicyclists are safest when they act like and are treated the same as drivers, “Chief Mark Fronterotta said. “Please share the road with bicyclists and think of them as your friends or family. We all want to get where we need to go safely, whether that is in the car or on a bike.”
To help keep people biking or walking safe, the Inglewood Police Department will conduct a traffic safety operation throughout the month, focusing on the most dangerous driver behaviors such as speeding, making illegal turns, failure to yield to bicyclists or pedestrians, and stop sign/red light running.
The Inglewood Police Department suggests the following safety tips for bicyclists and drivers:
Drivers
To help keep people biking or walking safe, the Inglewood Police Department will conduct a traffic safety operation throughout the month, focusing on the most dangerous driver behaviors such as speeding, making illegal turns, failure to yield to bicyclists or pedestrians, and stop sign/red light running.
The Inglewood Police Department suggests the following safety tips for bicyclists and drivers:
Drivers
- Slow down and follow the speed limit. Be careful traveling through intersections.
- Look carefully for bicyclists and pedestrians before making a turn or opening a car door near streets or bike paths.
- Be patient when traveling behind a bicyclist. Maintain at minimum three feet of space when passing or overtaking a bicyclist.
- Never drive distracted or impaired.
Bike Riders
- Use lights at night (at minimum, a front white light and rear red reflector).
- Although not required for riders 18 and older, always wear a properly secured helmet. Helmets significantly reduce the chance of a head injury in the event of a crash.
- Bicyclists must travel in the same direction of traffic and have the same requirements as any slow-moving vehicle.
- Yield to pedestrians, just as a driver would. Pedestrians have the right-of-way within marked crosswalks or within unmarked crosswalks at intersections.
Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Address/Location
Inglewood Police Department
1 W Manchester Blvd
Inglewood, CA 90301
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 310-412-5210