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GENERAL SAFETY GUIDELINES & RESTRICTIONS
Your province motor vehicle branch, or the city or county where it will be used, may regulate the
use of devices like the
MOTORINO
TM
. Some provinces may require a driver's license or
minimum age to use the
MOTORINO
TM
. In some provinces it may be referred to as an "power
assisted bicycle" or "restricted use motorcycle". Please check with your local motor vehicle
branch or insurance company on requirements for using the
MOTORINO
TM
.
If your province or municipality allows the
MOTORINO
TM
to be used on vehicle roadways please
make sure you are familiar with all traffic laws, such as yielding to pedestrians and other
motorists, signaling, riding as far to the right edge of the roadway as possible, obeying traffic
signs etc. Your province MVB can provide you with materials related to these traffic laws.
In addition to those traffic laws abide by the following general principals:
1. You are sharing the road or the path with others - motorists, pedestrians and other cyclists.
Respect their rights, and be tolerant if they infringe on yours.
2. Ride defensively.
3. Look ahead of where you're going, and be ready to avoid:
- Vehicles slowing or turning in front of you, entering the road or your lane ahead of you, or
coming up behind you.
- Parked car doors opening in front of you.
- Pedestrians stepping out in front of you.
- Children or dogs playing near the road.
- Pot holes, sewer grating, railroad tracks, expansion joints, road or sidewalk construction,
debris and other obstructions that could cause you to swerve into traffic, catch your wheel or
otherwise cause you to lose control and have an accident.
- The many other hazards and distractions which can occur while using the
MOTORINO
TM
during a ride.
4. Ride on the right side of the road, in the same direction as vehicle traffic and as close
to the edge of the road as possible.
5. Stop at stop signs and traffic lights; slow down and look both ways at street intersections.
Remember that the
MOTORINO
TM
will always lose in a collision with a motor vehicle, so be
prepared to yield even if you have the right of way.
6. Use hand signals for turning and stopping. Learn the local vehicle code for the correct
signal.
