the dangers of skipping red lights without checking to see if there are any pedestrians coming
This is a massive issue in cycling-geek-world. There's whole debates about it! The legal line is, we are traffic, and so should stop at red lights. But if we're traffic, we should have more rights on the road than we currently do have. I try to stop at red lights, as i feel like i ought to...i know i don't always though, if there's no one there. Which is naughty.
I possibly hate crap pedestrians more than cars. I have nearly hit people SO MANY TIMES who just don't look when they cross the road. They just walk straight out!! I've noticed that whee people are crossing a side road, they NEVER look behind and to the left, EVER, so if you ar a cyclist and turning into the side street, they walk RIGHT out in front of you. Arrrgh!
I nearly hit a woman last week who wsa walking her kid to school, along a road where the cars go pretty fast, and there's a zebra crossing 10 feet away. Suddenly, she swung out into the road with child, not looking to the right until i yelled out 'careful'. She got a proper shock, and yelled 'sorry' - but sorry isn't the point, is it? If i'd been a car, i would have hit her, as there was no time to stop, only swerve.
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Date: 2007-05-14 03:41 pm (UTC)This is a massive issue in cycling-geek-world. There's whole debates about it! The legal line is, we are traffic, and so should stop at red lights. But if we're traffic, we should have more rights on the road than we currently do have. I try to stop at red lights, as i feel like i ought to...i know i don't always though, if there's no one there. Which is naughty.
I possibly hate crap pedestrians more than cars. I have nearly hit people SO MANY TIMES who just don't look when they cross the road. They just walk straight out!! I've noticed that whee people are crossing a side road, they NEVER look behind and to the left, EVER, so if you ar a cyclist and turning into the side street, they walk RIGHT out in front of you. Arrrgh!
I nearly hit a woman last week who wsa walking her kid to school, along a road where the cars go pretty fast, and there's a zebra crossing 10 feet away. Suddenly, she swung out into the road with child, not looking to the right until i yelled out 'careful'. She got a proper shock, and yelled 'sorry' - but sorry isn't the point, is it? If i'd been a car, i would have hit her, as there was no time to stop, only swerve.