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JRKRideau

December 2nd 04 10:39 PM

Just a reminder we need Bike Lanes

(DonQuijote1954) wrote in message . com...
This why I put my bicycles away...

A while back, my daughter and I were riding bicycle down the sidewalk
(riding with traffic is out of the question, since this is a major
street and my daughet is small) and, as we neared the intersection, I
noticed a car competing with us for the flashing walk signal. Well,
luckily, the lady stopped. However, that triggered her anger and she
got out the car and yelled at me some unprintable insults before
roaring away in her powerful Firebird. And I wonder, am I on the
wrong?

Yes you are,totally. One has no business riding a bicycle on a
sidewalk. Cycling on a sidewalk is far to dangeous in almost all
instances.

Sidewalks are intended for pedestrians, among other users, who
typically travel at 4-6 km/h versus bikes who travel anywhere from
~12 to 30+ km/h. A driver making a turn is not monitoring a sidewalk
for something traveling at 20 km/h. He/she is looking for a ped at 6
km/h.

And of course a pedestrian is not expecting a cyclist to ride up
behind him at 20 km/h. Peds have much more lateral mobility than does
a cyclist. The pedestrian can easily step sideways into the cyclist
with nasty consequences for both walker and cyclist.

I think you probably scared the woman badly and while she might have
been a bit intemperate in her words I don't really blame her. She
probably did not like the fact that your bad cycling habits could have
made her hit a child.

John Kane
Kingston ON.

Rest of nonsense deleted.

DonQuijote1954

December 3rd 04 04:35 AM

(JRKRideau) wrote in message . com...
I think you probably scared the woman badly and while she might have
been a bit intemperate in her words I don't really blame her. She
probably did not like the fact that your bad cycling habits could have
made her hit a child.

So...you wanted the child safe? There she is, watching TV. But is she
safe from stupity and brainwashing? The regular American diet... ;)

DonQuijote1954

December 3rd 04 04:35 AM

JRKRideau

December 3rd 04 02:51 PM

(DonQuijote1954) wrote in message . com...
(JRKRideau) wrote in message . com...
I think you probably scared the woman badly and while she might have
been a bit intemperate in her words I don't really blame her. She
probably did not like the fact that your bad cycling habits could have
made her hit a child.

So...you wanted the child safe?

Yes. Thanks by the way for cutting out the relevant part of my
posting where I mentioned that cycling on the sidewalk is very very
dangerous and why.

There she is, watching TV. But is she
safe from stupity and brainwashing? The regular American diet... ;)

No idea of what the regular American diet: read the sig.

John Kane
Kingston ON

JRKRideau

December 3rd 04 02:51 PM

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