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Re: Driving Pet Peeves





Dai F Toyama <borap@paul.spu.edu> asks:

> 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.


Presumably because cyclists are more likely to run into pedestrians
when they ride on the sidewalk, since there are no pedestrians on
the street for them to hit.

You know, this has given me the germ of an idea.  I suspect that the
reason for the inferiority complexes from which so many cyclists 
seem to suffer might be that they perceive themselves to be at the
bottom of the pecking order, transportation-wise.  Maybe if it's
made more widely known that the reason why they're required to ride
on the street is because they're essentially a notch farther up the
food chain from somebody else -- pedestrians -- they'll acquire the
self esteem necessary to enable them to ride without getting in the
way of motorized traffic.  And as a bonus, this newfound self esteem
might just imbue them with the inner strength necessary to allow them
to outgrow those silly little helmets with the dentists' mirrors on
them.


Geoff "and perhaps eventually, the goofy Spandex shorts" Miller


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