Thursday, September 07, 2006

I feel obliged to second this ...

... Prig Alert 2: Cyclists.

Last summer, while walking home, on the other side of the street a cyclist riding on the sidewalk struck a pedestrian. The latter proceeded to pummel the former with great gusto.
I silently applauded. Why cyclists are given a pass when it comes to the traffic code is beyond me. Of course, eventually, someone - a child or an elderly person - will be seriously injured or even killed by a cyclist speeding heedlessly where he does not belong. Then a great hue and cry will go up and politicians will make solemn pronunciamentos, editorials will be written, etc.

By the way, here's the story behind hue and cry.

Update: Thanks to a post by Anonymous, we now know the worst has already happened: Bus death stirs urban-cycling issue

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous4:50 PM

    I thought this was tied to this, which happened a week or two ago here in Seattle:

    http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=bike02m&date=20060902

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