11-09-2014, 01:11 AM
(11-09-2014, 12:05 AM)ookpik Wrote: But justifying contempt for the law because it's convenient to do so and terrorizing pedestrians who get in the way is a productive way forward?
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To be clear: I have no beef with cyclists who "share" sidewalks responsibly by slowing down, signalling and passing pedestrians in a courteous manner or if those options aren't possible by yielding the right of way. My beef is restricted to those cyclists who don't, i.e. who act like "two-wheeled terrorists."
The assholes who ride on sidewalks without regard for pedestrians aren't likely reading these forums, and no one is defending them. I mean, you can do police crackdowns on all sidewalk bike riding, but most of the people caught will have been normal, non-asshole people who were just trying to not die on the roads.
I think focusing on getting decent infrastructure in place for cycling that people feel safe using is the main productive thing to do with what we have right now.