RE: [UC] Bike regulations: a pedestrian speaks

[Turner,Kathleen]

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Of course, the worst offenders I've seen for riding on sidewalks, riding the wrong way on one way streets, and otherwise setting a VERY BAD EXAMPLE for University City bike riders, are the UCD bike patrol guys.  They're awful.   Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clinton, J. Scott Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:49 PM To: 'Marianne Das'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [UC] Bike regulations: a pedestrian speaks -----Original Message----- From: Marianne Das [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SPAM SPAM -- [UC] Bike regulations: a pedestrian speaks I've ploughed through 14 e-mails on the listserv that are either pro-bike or pro-car. Although I'm sympathetic to bikers, here are two pet peeves  from a beleaguered pedestrian.   (1) If you are going to ride your bike on the sidewalk (and this is done everywhere west of 40th Street), please warn the pedestrian of your approach. Why is it that none of the bikes with all those bells and whistles aren't equipped with either a bell or whistle? I wish I had a nickel for the times I have been hit or narrowly missed by a bike. [Clinton, J. Scott] my bike has a bell, and little else.  no whistles.  i ring my bell a heck of a lot although cars and trolleys don't seem to be impressed.  I never ride on sidewalks.  they're called sideWALKs for a reason.    2. Why are you in such a damned hurry? Cars aren't allowed to pass on the passenger side of a bus when it is taking on or discharging passengers. Why do bikes do this? My daughter was seriously injured this way. [Clinton, J. Scott] it has to do with momentum, especially on hills.  I do stop when a trolley is discharging or taking on passengers, though.  I'm one of the slower bicyclists in the west philly, though.  Bike messangers blow by me like i'm standing still.   That is mostly because I am so out of shape.   I walk more than I ride, though, so I try to remember the golden rule when I'm riding and I keep in mind the needs of bicyclists when I walk.