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Old January 23rd 20, 10:25 PM posted to rec.bicycles.misc
Joy Beeson
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Default Now that's depressing


I started to type "pedestrian" into Duck Duck Go, and the first
auto-complete suggestion was "pedestrian hit by car".

Even more depressing: the first hit on "pedestrian roundabouts"
advised pedestrians to watch out for bicyclists who had been ordered
to ride on the walking path.

But it did assume that there would be a refuge island in the middle of
the crosswalk "allowing you to concentrate on traffic coming from only
one direction at a time.".

I don't off-hand recall having ever seen either a crosswalk or a
refuge island at a roundabout, but I don't get around much any more.

That was from the State of New York, which, as is well known, has
insane laws, so it's not as depressing as it might be.

On the other hand, the second site (anonymous attribution:
https://www.epermittest.com/drivers-...ay-roundabouts)
that I read advises:

Keep in mind that you may encounter pedestrians pushing bicycles
at roundabout crosswalks. While cyclists are permitted to use
the roundabout like other vehicles, they often take the *safer option*
of wheeling their bicycles over the crosswalk.


Emphasis added.

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