Check out the safety tips below to help keep yourself and others safe when you’re riding your bike or e-bike.
- Learn the rules of the road by reading the Cyclist Code and keep left when it is safe to do so.
- Use proper hand signals which can be found on Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s website.
- You must wear a helmet when biking, including on an e-bike. If you have provided your own safety helmet and reflective clothing, check that they are fitted properly.
- Make sure you can be seen – have working front and rear lights on your bike or device – and do a pre-ride check (check the chassis and tyres, and check that the brakes and lights work).
- Watch for car doors opening, pedestrians, potholes and left-turning vehicles, as well as blind spots around parked cars and corners.
- If you’re using an e-bike on the road, don’t exceed the posted speed limit.
- If you’re biking in and around parks and river paths, be courteous around others and don’t exceed 15 km/h in these places.
- Watch for people on scooters, skateboards or mobility scooters.
- Use your bell to signal to others that you are approaching.
- Be alert for any road surface, animal, road users or weather hazards that may affect your journey – see the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency website for updated information.
Biking and micro-mobility
Our Biking and Micro-mobility Programme helps to inform our Long-Term Plan, Biking Connectivity Programme, Eastern Pathways, and other projects and strategies. We provide high-vis vests free to the public to use when riding a micro-mobility device.
