Motorcycles are becoming a common daily commuter partner and vehicle of choice for many people. Motorcycles are widely used by people in Bangladesh to run their daily tasks. You need to use additional caution when riding a bike every day. Many of us ride bikes, yet we are unaware of the precise regulations. We will talk about two crucial pieces of advice for riding a bike today.
Now that most motorcyclists in our nation use their bikes for extended excursions, they must ride more on the highway. It is not safe enough to ride a motorbike on the nation’s roadways. They don’t give a damn about motorbikes because of how fast the large cars are going. Riding on city roads and highways requires familiarity with overtaking regulations and the use of lookout glasses. Thus, let’s talk about suitable usage guidelines for eyewear and overtaking rules below.
1. The proper technique for passing.
Overtaking is usually dangerous. Both the speed of the car you are passing and the speed of the one approaching from the other way must be balanced. Again, it might be dangerous to overtake on an empty road as it can be challenging to handle the situation if the driver of the vehicle in front of you pressures you without realizing where you are. Here are a few safe overtaking suggestions:
- Riding in the same lane for an extended period of time when overtaking is not advised.
- Approach the car in front of you using its looking glass, then use its passing light to identify the car approaching from the other way. When you intend to overtake, it is preferable to give this passing light at least five or six chances.
- Maintain a minimum of 100 yards between you and the car you are passing. If you feel that he is driving too closely, observe how he moves and what sort of driver he is before deciding to pass.
- Check your mirrors to see if any cars are approaching from behind you more quickly than you.
- Move away from the lane you are overtaking and as quickly as you can, get back into the right lane.
- Never pass an adjacent vehicle while there is a turning signal or an “overtaking is prohibited” traffic signal.
- Avoid overtaking in the incorrect lane or direction.
- Use caution while passing on foggy or extremely rainy highways.
- In our nation, if you are about to pass a large vehicle, especially a bus, make sure that none of the windows are open and, if they are, that nothing is being thrown out of them. Keep your distance and don’t pass someone if you see them hurling anything or throwing up out of the window.
- When passing a car that is emitting a lot of black smoke, proceed with caution.
- Pass vehicles approaching from the other way while keeping a safe gap.
- You frequently see trucks carrying dirt or sand on the road, and you are going to pass them. In this situation, getting sand or soil on your body might be disastrous, so avoid the truck and pay attention to when you pass it. As much as you can, safely pass that truck.
2. Guidelines for wearing looking glasses correctly:
Looking glasses are a need for any kind of vehicle, including motorcycles. It is illegal and subject to a fine from the traffic police if the looking glass is not fastened to a car or bicycle. When bicycling on a daily basis, spectacles come in quite handy. With the use of a looking glass, it is simple to identify the type of car parked in the back, its precise location, and the direction it is approaching. When operating any type of vehicle, it is generally recommended to glance at the looking glass at least five times each minute. Given the state of our roads, which make riding a bike difficult, a looking glass is a must when riding a bike in our nation.
It has frequently been seen that when someone rides a bike slowly on a highway, big cars approaching from the back collide and kill the rider. This is happening all around the world, even in our own nation. Thus, we must understand how to utilize looking glasses. So let’s go over the needs and applications of looking glasses below.
- A rider has to glance through the looking glass at least five times per minute.
- When utilizing a looking glass on a two-lane road, more caution must be exercised. Two-lane highways are more likely to have accidents due to careless riding in our nation. Meanwhile, be sure there are no cars approaching from the opposite way before peering through the looking glass on a four-lane road.
- Before hopping on the bike, adjust the viewing glass’s position. Because vehicles might enter Bangladeshi highways from any direction, it is not advisable to alter the looking glass’s position while beginning a ride, particularly when traveling at a high speed on a highway. Instead, slow down or stop your bike to do so.
- Before changing your street lane, check using the looking glass.
- Check the looking glass before passing to see if there is a car approaching faster than you, and even after you have passed, glance at it quickly.
- When turning left or right, keep an eye on the looking glass. However, if you choose to do a U-turn, stay in place and reverse your direction, paying great attention to the looking glass.
- The looking glass should be kept clean and free of water clotting or white coating since it might lead to mishaps due to dirtiness or moisture.
- Use the looking glass to check for oncoming traffic when you’re stopping or slowing down.
- Once the bike has stopped, glance in the direction indicated by the looking glass and dismount.
- You need to use the looking glass to check these crucial locations: the intersection of the road, any curving paths or pedestrian crossings, road construction sites, areas where you need to ride carefully when passing, crossing railroad tracks, abrupt stops, etc.
- If you must adjust your looking glass based on its visibility, choose a wide-angle looking glass. It is observable from afar.
Verdict:
When riding our bikes, we need to be aware of the traffic laws regarding passing and using looking glasses. There are a lot of motorcyclists in our nation that simply ride for show and don’t know the difference between looking glass and passing. When riding a bike on any kind of road, all motorcyclists need to be aware of these two guidelines. Only at that point can mishaps be avoided.
