I gave my own case as well - had I stumbled or stepped to the left slightly - I had no indication of trouble from the rear and potentially 4 bikes and myself would have been in a pile.
The law pretty much follows this rubric: The faster traffic is responsible for the well being of the slower. Regardless of their handicappedness or ineptitude. So will you be remorseless of you run over a small dog or topple someone that is not youg fracturing a hip? A broken hip is almost a death sentence. All because you were unwilling to slow and give wide berth? If that leaves you remorseless I am truly sad for you. You should also consider the uninsured nature of greenway cycling. Can you afford the cost you should bear if you do hurt someone? Mixed use is simply not fair or workable when people don't automatically try to be kind, patient, and willingly overlook the inconsideration of the other parties (which is often a perception not warranted when simple momentary inattention is there real root cause). Who is perfect? I really think EVs, e-scooters, e-bikes and e-velos, should not use most mixed use paths, or even bike lanes. They are generally too big, and too fast. Further I think not mixing bicycles and pedestrians it a good idea if the density of traffic is very high. On the velo or a bike I self-police myself. Mid-weekday and early morning cycling on the paths but never weekend days. I slow down a lot if there is any randomness in the traffic ahead and move far away even into the verge. I never want to be responsible for hurting anyone. I would rather be hurt myself, hence my willingness to leave the greenways behind if I am in a hurry. On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 1:13 PM, tomw via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahh, self-justification by treating the extreme case - old, feeble people > being run down by speeding reckless bicyclists - as the typical case. I > disagree that only bicyclists should be responsible and considerate. I > think pedestrians should be too, except of course for the those who are not > capable, as the extreme case you mentioned. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Questions-answered-Should-you-buy-an-electric-bike-tp4677586p4677642.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 600-2892 Cell [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150917/323aea6f/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
