11-30-2022, 06:32 AM
(11-29-2022, 12:49 PM)Acitta Wrote: Cyclist struck by vehicle at Kitchener roundabout
Ottawa Street South and Homer Watson Boulevard.
I regularly cycle through this roundabout. You have to be very careful because cars exit the roundabout at high speed. Once a driver saw me at the last second and came to a screeching halt, though I had seen him and was prepared to let him pass before crossing. Though there are signs that say stop for pedestrians (nothing about cyclists), one cannot assume that the drivers have seen you and will stop.
That is because cyclists do not have the right of way (in fact, are illegally crossing even when you wait for cars to pass).
Of course, our engineers know and built it this way and do not care.
Which makes the "cyclists are scofflaws" oh so rich.