Monty Hill

I would rather have them coming at me. A number of times I have come up behind 5+ walkers/runners, on Fairmont and other areas heavily laden foot traffic. I use to try and do the polite thing by ringing my bell or saying something, just to have them scatter in every direction, leaving me scrambling to find a way through. Now I just sneak up and find a hole, glide through and feel much safer. What really gets me is the dog walkers with the leash strung across the road at early morning when I can't see the dog or leash. Oui.

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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of David Auker
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:37 AM
To: rick martin
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] wrong way?

I think the law is pedestrians walk/run facing traffic, and this is to
enable them to see what is coming their way (but hey, sometimes there is
no place to move to, just like when a cyclist is on a narrow
car-trafficked road). It's a give and take world on multi-use
paths...the blogger whose link you point us to could use some lessons in
sharing:
> what is the fricking law when it comes to this?...........cause i
> swear.......next time, i'll run their asses over!
It's about sharing and karma and trying to keep the 'pecking order' from
getting too rude...another level up from the cyclist is the motor
vehicle driver, and we wouldn't want them to think of cyclists the way
the above cyclist seems to think of pedestrians, would we? (Ouch!) In
general, I personally think the most vulnerable road users out there
need the most care and respect.

David

rick martin wrote:
> can some of you help me out here........................i'm
> curious............. http://2tired2quit.wordpress.com/
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