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Sidewalk = pedestrian Road = vehicle (car, bicycle, horse-drawn carriage) If one crosses into the territory of the other without following a prescribed rule of
by Zikes 12y ago
Sidewalk = pedestrian
Road = vehicle (car, bicycle, horse-drawn carriage)
If one crosses into the territory of the other without following a prescribed rule of law, who do you think should take responsibility?
In order for me to "drive into a pedestrian" I'd have to swing my car onto a crowded sidewalk, and unless a swarm of bees exits the car with me I'd have a hard time maintaining my innocence after that.
- mikeash 12y agoWhy assume the road is exclusively the domain of cars? That once again assumes the very setup it argues for.
- Zikes 12y agoIn the US it's not at all an assumption. Easily 99% of roads were built for the operation of cars. Everything else is just a dirt path, and I know people that have to drive on those if they want to go anywhere, too.
- gburt 12y agoZikes is incorrect. It is not "easily 99%". http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/apr/16/roads-not-built-for-cars-book http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2013/apr/16...
- Zikes 12y agoEasily 99.39%, actually. Only 0.61% of road use is cyclists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_the_United_States#Passenger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_in_the_United_S...
- gburt 12y agoThe claim you made was > Easily 99% of roads were built for the operation of cars. Which is what I was disputing.