I feel bad for people who ride their bikes around the city. They can never win it seems. Where do they belong? on the side walk or the road?
Every time I'm walking on the sidewalk with people and a biker rolls up my company always rolls their eyes and makes a comment like "ugh that's what the road is for its called a side WALK"
Yet at the same time I've ridden in a car with people before and got stuck behind someone on a bike and the comments start flying "get off of the road, that's what sidewalks are for. and if they are on the road then you have the bikers that ignore stop signs and one way signs...
I have no idea where they belong I mean both have their pros and cons I guess its the biker's call which is the lesser of two evils. Which one will I receive less guff from
7 years ago
Solution: They belong on bike paths. If a bike path cannot get them from point A to point B, then they shouldn't be biking.
ReplyDeleteSolution: Motorists should learn to obey traffic laws. If I, on my bike, am doing all the freaking stupid hand signals, have a light, am stopping at all stop signs, and generally doing very little different than if I were in a car, then I should be a respected member of the road. I should not have to put up with people cutting me off when they have a stop sign and I don't. Rant finished.
ReplyDeleteAlan, there are bike paths that lead everywhere I want to go, most people just mistake them for roads.
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Mark: Because you submitted your answer in the same format as my own...and also because your points were far superior to my own...I will yield to your higher reasoning
ReplyDeletetry sharing the road when on a longboard. I get no respect from anyone else (pedestrian,car,punk on a razor scooter,or bicyclist). And although I am always watching for traffic in any direction and am cautious at intersections and busy roads I still manage to get nearly killed daily by someone in a hurry or texting instead of focusing on the world around them.
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