11-24-2020, 03:15 PM
OK, I am curious about the following:
Victoria St now has wide asphalt sidewalks north of the expressway out past Lackner. The other day I was travelling (in a car) s/b on Victoria St in very slow moving traffic [This is important]. The truck in front of me made a right turn into either Whale & Ale or Canadian Tire lot, and almost smacked a guy who came flying up on an ebike.
It gave me a couple questions:
1) Are ebikes allowed on the sidewalk?
2) If this is a MUT, and bikes/ebikes are allowed, who would be at fault? In crawling traffic the driver would see pedestrians walking alongside the vehicle, and would yield, but to have a fast moving vehicle pass "to the right" unexpectantly would be hard to catch. -- I know when I make a right turn, I look in my mirror (on the roadway) for cyclists, but I can't honestly say I am looking down the sidewalk for them.
Coke
Victoria St now has wide asphalt sidewalks north of the expressway out past Lackner. The other day I was travelling (in a car) s/b on Victoria St in very slow moving traffic [This is important]. The truck in front of me made a right turn into either Whale & Ale or Canadian Tire lot, and almost smacked a guy who came flying up on an ebike.
It gave me a couple questions:
1) Are ebikes allowed on the sidewalk?
2) If this is a MUT, and bikes/ebikes are allowed, who would be at fault? In crawling traffic the driver would see pedestrians walking alongside the vehicle, and would yield, but to have a fast moving vehicle pass "to the right" unexpectantly would be hard to catch. -- I know when I make a right turn, I look in my mirror (on the roadway) for cyclists, but I can't honestly say I am looking down the sidewalk for them.
Coke