Motorist Education is a 3-hour classroom session, this course can be easily added to a driver's education curriculum, such as diversion training for reckless drivers or a course designed local bus drivers. Directed towards motorists in general, topics covered include roadway positioning of cyclists, traffic and hand signals, principles of right-of-way and left and right turn problems. Materials include Share the Road literature for bicyclists and motorists as well as other fact sheets.

Length: 3 hours

Topics:

• Crash Types
• Basic Concepts of BikeEd
• Driving on the Right; Right-of-Way
• Superior and Inferior Roads
• Traffic Signals
• Hand Signals
• Channelization
• Courtesy
• Road Position of Bicycles
• Two or More Abreast
• Left Turns
• Car-Bike Collisions
• Conflict Between Motorists and Cyclists
• Bike Lanes and Bike Paths
• Sharing the Road