On Jan 10, 6:31 am, "ilaboo" <
[email protected]> wrote:
> ok
>
> in the bronx NYC
>
> more detail==recumbant was bike you pedaled with your hands
>
> scene--city island bridge going from mainland to the island--there are
> pedestrian paths on both sides of bridge--about 4 feet wide ( maybe less)
> . --both paths on the mainland side expand into 2 lane bike paths--got it
>
> i coming from left hand bike path--it has a rather semi sharp turn and you
> have a blind spot where you dont get a good view of anyone coming down the
> bridge
> the recumbant bike was in essence accupying the entire with of the bridge
> pedestrain path--yeah i know you are supposed to not ride on the path (
> could this rider have some sort of injury that precludes an upright bike?--i
> dont know but it is a factor.
>
> ok now--gabish or cabish
>
> i coming around the the curve the left one) on the mainland -and am faced
> with the rcumbant booking down the bridge path--really did not see it--when
> i did i pulled over to the right against the wall along the path--literally
> crashing into the wall--other bike misses me so close i smell the paint.
>
> i hope this is clear
>
> fwiw
>
> peter
Yeah, it was pretty clear at the git go. Wedgie riders are second only
to roller-bladers in how much time they spend looking at their feet/
tires. Well, mostly just the "serious" roadies, people on pre-war
Schwinns generally get a pretty good look around, as do most regular
people, doing regular riding on regular bikes rather than powerful
riders out training in the park where kids are playing.
Was this hand-cycle really a bike or a tricked out wheel chair - I
mean were all of it's wheels in line or were there a couple set on
either side of the occupant? This is on a path - a MUP (implicit
15mph limit)? With a blind corner(whoa nelly)? Sounds like the kind
of place where a prudent driver would slow down. Of course, what would
a prudent man be doing in the Bronx anyway, walking his dog perhaps...
I hate that 40' of leash stretched out perpendicular to the path the
most of all - especially when it's a little dog that's gonna get
caught in yer spokes - and since neither the dog nor the walker is
actually on the path it's not until the skinny little cord becomes
visible that you realize what is going on. But no, roller bladers are
still the worst, weaving back and forth. And slippery wooden bridges
covered with goose grease in the rain... dang there are just so many
reasons to slow the hell down when you get off the road and onto the
sidewalk.
Kinda the same patience issue as with motor vehicles on roads only
backwards when you're talking about cycles and peds (or wheel chairs)
on sidewalks. Sometimes traffic makes it so you just can't go as fast
as you'd like to... that doesn't mean that the slower traffic should
be banned. The more power you wield the more responsibility you have
to be careful.
I think we can blame a lot of this attitude that the public right of
way should be exclusive to a single class of user (you know, people
like me) on Ike & the interstate hiway system. It seemed like a good
idea at the time, but it's really hurting us in the long run.
