07-13-2016, 09:18 PM
The sidewalk situation came to a head for me tonight, as I strolled out of Vincenzos and stood on the sidewalk, waiting for a car to finish a 3-point turn, before I crossed. Not expecting a collision, I was staring at the street, when a young girl came whizzing by me, telling me to "f-off" and get out of her "f-ing way", while she was riding on the sidewalk. It all happened so quickly, I was stunned and simply watched her ride down the sidewalk on Caroline. I continued my way down the Iron Horse Trail and low and behold, she was coming back down on Park, on the sidewalk. With a little time to think I, probably louder than I should have, told her to get off the sidewalk, there was a bike lane on the road. I was told to "f-off" again. She did then go into the bike lane, however on the wrong side of the road. No helmet either. No grandiose analogy here, just an anecdote.