Post in Bike Fun

May 02 22:24 UTC

And...then there are those of us on the low end of the car/bike food
chain...pedestrians.

  Happened yesterday at business intersection of 34th ave so. and east 50th
street. There isn't any pedestrian 'visibility' at the build-to-the- sidewalk
commercial building. Normally not a problem.

  I'm walking west, she's biking rapidly north.  Almost a collision as she
slammed on her brakes and almost fell off. My reaction time is slow on a cane
and couldn't get out of the way.  In her mid-to-late 50's, with padding and
helmet. She crossed the intersection and resumed her ride on the sidewalk. With
the 'unofficial' increased traffic speed on 34th Ave so...can't blame riders
for prefering the sidewalk.

  Most riders are very polite over here...giving you warning if they're passing
you on the sidewalk, teaching bike 'etiquette' to their kids and stopping to
allow pedestrians to pass. But there is always the one exception you remember.

  Guess pedestrians will need to outfit with helmet, etc.

  A few years back I heard it is legal to ride on the sidewalk unless
prohlibited by a certain class of business district.  True?

  best wishes,
  cheryl luger
  nokomis east

I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder
to see them not ashamed.
                     --- Jonathan Swift