Posted on 07/30/2008 4:07:43 PM PDT by Harley
IT'S murder out there if you like to walk. The bike people won't repeat this. But those who enjoy hoofing it on city streets stand a good chance of experiencing a close encounter with a kamikaze rider who treats stoplights like suggestions, and pedestrians like speed bumps. And some of you will die.
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have you heard of freedom of speech?
apparently you’re a feminazi.
A person isn’t supposed to walk on highways either but they have the right of way if they do, same with bike paths. It is your responsibility to watch out for them. Do you think it would be right to run down someone on the bike path simply because that is what it is named? Pedestrians are at a disadvantage from any vehicle, including bicycles, that is why they are granted the right of way. What you think doesn’t matter, what the law says does.
Sorry in Ohio pedestrains on the interstate are against the law. Idon’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone being charged if they hit someone on the interstate? The bike path here prohibits pedestrains on the bike path so if one gets hit there it is their fault, period. In Ohio if you are hit on the road and not in a cross walk, it is your fault for being in the road!
As a matter of fact, the roads here are closer to goat trails than actual roads in some places, and are in much better shape closer to the curb.
I'm thinking that some #3 or #4 rebar would make a great cane for the urban environment...
It might surprise you if I say that I bike... I just bike trails. In those sweat covered shorts. I learned early on who wins those car vs bike fights.
As long as they're on the same roads as I am, and as long as their antics can cause accidents, injury, and monetary loss to other users of those roads, they should carry some legal and financial responsibility for their actions, just as I do as a driver. The insurance companies are well equipped to analyze the risks and set the premiums appropriately.
Not long ago, I was legally crossing a city street as a pedestrian, and was almost clobbered by a cyclist who came up between two lanes of waiting cars, and flew through the red light. If I had been injured, he should have been the one to pay my medical bills and any other consequential damages.
Even a nominal premium, say $50/year, would send a message to these cyclists who think that the laws don't apply to them because they don't have a motor.
Of course, I realize this will never happen, but not for the reasons you suggest.
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