What are the basic rules of safety for rollerskating or inline skating?

What are the basic rules of safety for rollerskating or inline skating?

Pat Hines (Traffic Safety Educator & Executive Director, SafeMoves) gives expert video advice on: How common are inline skating injuries?; What are the basic rules of safety for rollerskating or inline skating? and more...

The basics of rollerskating safety are no different than bike riding, skateboarding, and even walking. It's traffic safety. It's being aware of the vehicles and to keep in mind where you are. If you're inline skating or rollerblading in the community, the same dangers are facing you as when you're on your bike: car backing out of a driveway, pedestrians on the sidewalk, and going into the street from the sidewalk on your rollerskates is very dangerous. It's the basic awareness of the basic traffic safety laws that apply to rollerskating, skateboarding, and and bicycling.