Kids Riding Bikes Wear a Helmet Wearing a helmet is the best thing you can do to be safe when you ride a bike. Bicycle helmets save lives. Most bike deaths come from head injury.
Bike helmets can prevent head injury.
In some states, the law says you have to wear a bike helmet to ride your bike. Wear bright colors or clothes that reflect light at night so cars, buses, and trucks can see you. Follow the Rules Bikes have to follow the same traffic rules and signs as cars. You must ride in the same direction as the cars are going. Ride your bike single-file.