The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #151274   Message #3530516
Posted By: Ron Davies
26-Jun-13 - 08:07 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bicycles on the sidewalk
Subject: RE: BS: Bicycles on the sidewalk
"no one gets angry" .    Endorsing that is as sensible as advocating that people dodge across the street at night, not even close to a walkway, dressed in black. Which I see happen--right in front of me, as a motorist.    And it doesn't exactly delight me. I sure don't want to hit anybody.   But I wonder why the person has a death wish.

Sure, as a pedestrian I sometimes cross the street against the light.   But it's the middle of the day, it's in town, not the country, no cars are coming, I'm not wearing black. And I'm not self-righteous about it.   I know I shouldn't do it and there is always the chance that I could be fined for jaywalking.   Which I totally accept--though obviously I wouldn't be happy about it.

And it really does annoy me that fathers teach their bicyclist children to ignore stop signs.    One who does that is setting up his child for a terrible accident.