08-13-2019, 07:13 AM
I was hit by a bicycle once, and it wasn't that bad. Most people don't say the same thing about getting hit by a car.
Actually, my most serious encounter with a someone riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, he was coming from behind me, went to the edge of the narrow (1500mm) sidewalk, wound up putting his wheel down off of the edge, and wiped out. He was an older guy, and had a broken nose and a nasty cut on his head. As for me, well, I had to call 911 and wait for the paramedics to arrive, that was crummy.
People on foot and people on bike do not belong on the same sidewalks together when they're the pitifully narrow sidewalks we generally have in this Region. If I'm walking on Victoria Street (say), I can understand why someone might not want to be in mixed traffic. But I do get irritated when someone is riding his bicycle on the sidewalk of a quiet residential street, and sometimes I've even advised people what the rules are and where they ought to be riding.
Actually, my most serious encounter with a someone riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, he was coming from behind me, went to the edge of the narrow (1500mm) sidewalk, wound up putting his wheel down off of the edge, and wiped out. He was an older guy, and had a broken nose and a nasty cut on his head. As for me, well, I had to call 911 and wait for the paramedics to arrive, that was crummy.
People on foot and people on bike do not belong on the same sidewalks together when they're the pitifully narrow sidewalks we generally have in this Region. If I'm walking on Victoria Street (say), I can understand why someone might not want to be in mixed traffic. But I do get irritated when someone is riding his bicycle on the sidewalk of a quiet residential street, and sometimes I've even advised people what the rules are and where they ought to be riding.