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Safe Riding Practices
• Reduce speed when:
• the road has potholes, or is otherwise rough or uneven.
• the road contains sand, dirt, gravel or other loose substances.
• the road is wet, icy or oily.
• the road contains painted surfaces, manhole covers, metal grating, railway crossings or other
slippery surfaces.
• The weather is windy, rainy or otherwise causing slippery or rapidly changing conditions.
• Traffic is heavy, congested, not allowing sufficient space between vehicles or otherwise not flow-
ing smoothly.
• You are being passed in either direction by a large vehicle that produces a wind blast in its wake.
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