Riding a WAW in city traffic is quite simple. A WAW is perceived like a car and not like a bicycle. You're given the same space as you would in a small car. In our experience the safest way to ride is to take up your space without hesitation, while still adhering to the Invisibility Hypothesis. This states that to bigger vehicles you consider yourself unseen until proven otherwise. This is obvious but sometimes hard to remember when adrenalin defeats your better judgement.

In city and suburban areas, car and velomobile speeds do not diverge significantly. On larger roads and in the country it's wise to stick to the right (or left) side of the road and keep an eye on your rear view mirror.

With the advent of cheap and efficient LED strobe lights, it would be a sin not to have them on all day. The front lights besides the cockpit are easily adjustable and light up the sides of the WAW in the dark. Please see to it that enough reflective material sticks to all sides.

When riding at velomobile speeds it is recommended to use the wind screen to avoid ear damage due to long term wind noise exposure. Complicated traffic situations have the habit of happening at low speed so it's handy to slide the canopy forward to keep an unobstructed visual and auditive contact with the environment. When riding without the wind screen it makes sense to wear some form of glasses to keep insects from sending you into the ditch.

Please take a look at the pages about steering as well.