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It is outright illegal to cycle on a sidewalk in many places. Here if you have a wheel diameter more than a foot you can't use the sidewalk. That exception is i
by astrodust 9y ago
It is outright illegal to cycle on a sidewalk in many places. Here if you have a wheel diameter more than a foot you can't use the sidewalk. That exception is intended to allow little kids to use the sidewalk without issue.
It's also extremely uncommon for cyclists to hit pedestrians, and even more uncommon for those collisions to lead to a fatality. There's just not enough kinetic energy involved. Joggers are nearly as likely to bowl someone over and kill them.
- convolvatron 9y agoif the goal is making more livable and efficient cities, please don't start by taking it out on the pedestrians. 'unlikely to get killed' is kind of downgrade from 'able to carry my groceries home without fear'
- astrodust 9y agoPedestrians bitch about a small, aggressive subset of cyclists, typically couriers, but get killed by cars. Take your pick. If you're scared of bicycles maybe you should stay indoors. There's things like squirrels and pigeons out there that might attack you.
- convolvatron 9y agoI've walked cities for decades. I know how to deal with cars. someone jumping in front of me at speed screaming at me to get out of the way for being on the sidewalk every day - not so much