Jonathan Maus BikePortland
interesting. here's a "quick and dirty" explanation from lawyer/racer
Ray Thomas
"if peds are on the roadway they have to travel facing traffic as
far off the paved surface on the shoulder as possible. AND in bike lanes
the law is less clear but if there is a usable shoulder or sidewalk
runners are not supposed to use the bike lane and must in any event
yield to all traffic including bicycles... "
--Jonathan
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On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:37 AM, David Auker wrote:
> 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, ill 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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