07-03-2022, 03:28 PM
(07-03-2022, 03:07 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(07-03-2022, 09:20 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Funny, I will ride across any time I have the right of way (i.e., there are not vehicles to yield to). If drivers stop for me when they have the right of way, I still won't go...it is their job to follow the rules and I do make myself an ass by forcing them to go.
The rules say that they have the right to go first, not that they must go first. Ceding that right-of-way happens from time to time in driver to driver interactions, too: letting a car pull out of a driveway in front of you, letting someone turn left in front of you, letting a parked vehicle pull out etc. In each case, the driver ceding has the right of way, but chooses to let the other driver go first.
Some people would call that being nice, or considerate.
Being considerate can often line up with being dangerous. They are far from mutually exclusive.
I hate pedestrian island crossings like the IHT has on Victoria and Queen. Cars often stop to wave you across the first half, when a lot of traffic is coming the other way. There is hardly adequate room to wait with a bike on the islands, and they are not protected spaces. It's uncomfortable waiting one them with fast moving cars on both sides.
You also have cars on the second half of the crossing slamming on their breaks once you start crossing to the island, which could have them rear ended (right into me crossing).
I really hate the pedestrian island crossings we have, and would honestly prefer if they were removed.