THanks Michael!
Shae D.
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:03:15 -0500
> Subject: [Bikies] Path Etiquette
>
> Seems to be na annual subject. Here is something John Rider correctly wrote
> last year and
> other years. Mike Rewey
>
> On 2 Jul 2007 at 20:35, John Rider wrote:
>
> The paths in Madison do have instructions for trail use, but they aren't
> very visible. If you look at the new maps that were installed on many
> of the multi-use paths around town, you will see that there is a section
> on "Etiquette for All Path Users." There it says "Stay Right, Pass on
> Left," and "Yield to Slower Users." The reason for people to stay on
> the right side is that on the multi-use paths, pedestrians are intended
> users along with everyone else. Because of that, they should be walking
> on the right side with all the other traffic going their same direction.
> Then all the normal traffic rules apply. Lane placement is in relation
> to speed. Slower users stay right, faster users pass on the left when
> it is safe.
>
> The practice of walking on the left of ROADWAYS is appropriate where
> there are no sidewalks. Pedestrians are not intended users of the
> actual roadway. Given the speed differential between cars and
> pedestrians, and that cars are not expecting to find pedestrians walking
> along the side of the road, pedestrians should walk on the left facing
> traffic so they can more easily see what might run over them and kill
> them and be able to get out of it's way. So it is their responsibility
> to step off the roadway when a car comes at them, as the car still might
> not see a pedestrian walking toward them in their own lane.
>
> So following that same convention, if people want to walk on the left
> (wrong or unintended) side of a multi-use path, then they should step
> off the trail whenever another user comes toward them in that lane.
> (Usually they just glare at you and expect you to swerve into oncoming
> traffic on the other side of the path.) Otherwise, what rules apply
> when you have someone walking the wrong way, someone walking the right
> way, bicycles or rollerbladers coming from opposite directions, and they
> all meet at the same spot on the path? (Yes, I come across this
> situation relatively often on the John Nolen section of the Capital City
> Trail.) Who does what? Who yields, who moves left, who moves right?
> And if people don't step off of the path then you have them coming
> towards you either straight on or from the right, and bikes or bladers
> coming towards you on the left. So you can either squeeze between the
> pedestrians who are now on your right side coming the wrong way and the
> bikes coming the opposite direction on their own side of the path, or
> you can come to a dead stop and let the pedestrian choose which side to
> go around you. Whatever happens, it's just a Cluster... um it's a Big
> Mess.
>
> So Stay Right, and Pass On The Left WHEN It's Safe.
>
> John Rider
> Bicycle Safety Educator
>
> League of American Bicyclists
> League Cycling Instructor
> And Regional Trainer
>
>
> ******************************************8
> On 16 May 2008 at 10:56, Shae Darvin wrote:
>
>
> Shae D.
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Bikies] Motorized Bike on SW Path
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:56:16 -0500
>
> If you are walking on the bike path, which is a multi-use path, do you or
> should you walk against bicycle traffic like someone would do if they were
> walking on the road? I am under the belief that one should walk against
> traffic because even when I shout on your left, sometimes I scare the pants
> off of some people.
>
> I have seen an increase use in the paths this summer and I am concerned
> that with more bikers that there may be more accidents. Are there path
> guidelines that could be posted to give everyone a heads up before entering
> paths?
>
>
>
>
> Shae D.
>
>
> > Subject: RE: [Bikies] Motorized Bike on SW Path
> > Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:46:32 -0500
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: [email protected]
> >
> > Frank Hassler wrote <As for bike/pedestrian interactions on the bike
> > path, I think walkers and runners need to be more responsible for their
> > own well being. >
> >
> > Unfortunately, this is the kind of thinking that has gotten to the point
> > where, as a society, we think nothing of killing 40,000 people a year on
> > our highways (an epidemic if this many people were killed by any other
> > means) and when someone is brought to court for killing someone with a
> > motor vehicle there are few if any consequences because it was just an
> > "accident" (unless the driver was drunk).
> >
> > Until motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, and others can get over their
> > "entitlement" we cannot solve out traffic safety problems. Whatever our
> > mode of transportation / recreation, we all need to operate in a way
> > that places the safety of others we interact with above our own
> > convenience.
> >
> > Robbie is absolutely correct that these are "MULTI-USE PATH and all
> > users need to yield to slower users." O
>
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