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Re: Driving Pet Peeves
Dai F Toyama (borap@paul.spu.edu) wrote:
: On Tue, 20 Jun 1995, Techs Avery wrote:
: >
: > In almost ever state in the US, it is ILLEGAL for bicyclists, even
: > juveniles, to ride on the sidewalk. And the ticket goes on your DMV
: > record and is counted by insurance companies. If your bicycle is on the
: > sidewalk, you are supposed to walk it.
: >
: I suggest that you read my original statement above. That's why I like
: it better in Japan in this respect --- the cyclists MUST ride on the
: 'sidewalk' there, where there is one. I'm not saying which method is
: better; it's just that I'd much prefer the Japanese way in this sense.
It's pretty inconvenient to go on and off the curb every 75 meters, which
is the average block length. I can just picture all those cylists on busy
downtown steets in Tokyo with all of those pedestrians packed shoulder to
shoulder!
: Do you have any idea as to why it's illegal for the cyclists to ride on
: the 'sidewalk' in most US states? I'd like to know the reason behind it.
Elderly pedestrians have a great deal of political clout in local elections.
They fear young whippersnappers on those newfangled two wheeled monstrosities!
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