Trucks, buses and parked cars

A right-turning lorry is the single most dangerous thing on these streets, and it accounts for a disproportionate share of the serious injuries to cyclists in Danish cities. The driver sits high and far forward, and the space immediately alongside the cab on the right - exactly where a cycle track puts you - is not covered by the mirrors. A driver turning right across a cycle track may genuinely not know you are there.

So never sit there at a light. Either be far enough forward that you can see the driver's face in their mirror, or hang well back behind the vehicle and let it turn. If you cannot see them, work on the assumption that they cannot see you. This is not pessimism; it is simply how the geometry of a lorry cab works.

At bus stops, passengers stepping off cross the cycle track, and they have priority. Stop and let them cross. Where the track has been routed behind the shelter, between the stop and the buildings, expect people to step straight out onto it without looking - they are watching for the bus, not for you. Slow down through those stretches as a matter of habit.

And when you ride past a line of parked cars, leave a door's width of space. A door opening into your path is one of the most common ways visitors get hurt here, and at the speed the traffic moves there is rarely time to react. The space costs you nothing.