On my way to work I was stopped by a policeman and some nice people from a cycling safety organisation.
They explained some of the most important rules of the road to me.
Even when there is a flèche jaune at the traffic lights allowing me to cycle through – pedestrians have priority.
Two other important things – you cannot use headphones while cycling – the fine is €90! I said I didn’t know that (but the truth is I have been stopped and warned about it once before).
Also you must have a sonnette – a bell.
I didn’t have one so I had to go to the bike shop at lunchtime and buy one. As mentioned before the people in the bike shop next to work are super helpful. They don’t sell sonettes so they gave me a bag of the things they fit to new bikes which includes a bell.
Unfortunately it is too small for my handlebars. But I will use it until I get the chance to buy a proper one.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 