starter bike???

Everyone else's advice is excellent, I would only like to add that when I was first learning, I would roll out early saturday and sunday mornings to get ride time in. I usually rode the same route 3 or 4 times then would switch it up to a new route or a variation. One last piece of advice, no matter how stupid you think that idiot in the car is, he will prove he is dumber than you thought, you can make eye contact with him and he will still pull out in front of you.