Re: [UC] Bike regulations

[Elizabeth F. Campion]

There are Cab Regulations also.
Cabs are required to pull over to the curb and passengers are required to
exit on the curb side,  even if they have to slide across a long back
seat.

Pulling across two lanes (possibly 3 if a bike lane was involved) and
discharging a passenger in a vulnerable space is not acceptable Cabbing.

Generally my sympathy lies with the Bikers.
They provide models for fitness and economical, earth-saving
transportation.
But they are the ones excluded from the good paths through campus and
charged the lion's share of penalties on the roads.  Maybe it is just
enforcement laziness.  It might be easier to catch a biker than a
speeding car.

Pedestrians should always be aware of their surroundings, whether it is
to defend against muggers, slippery spots (ice, wet leaves), trip and
fall hazards or careless drivers or bicyclists.  I think we can all live
in harmony (Bikers, Drivers and Pedestrians) if we learn common sense and
own our own behaviors.

In reviewing personal damage I've sustained, falling on a neighbor's
badly shovelled walk produced a sprain which caused more pain and over a
longer period than any bike accident or mugging (2) ever did.

Let's make it easier for all of us to bike.

Best!
Liz

--- Begin Message --- At 11:05 AM 11/23/2004, Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:

That sounds more like the cabbie's fault (because he should know better than to give people the opportunity to jump out into the bike lane).  At least theoretically, right?

It depends and is hard to tell from the info given.  If the student just got out cause it was a red light (which people do), it's not the cabbies fault because you could say he would pull over.  Too many choices, too little info.

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