Yes, pulling over into a no parking area (including bike lanes) to use a phone or text is a problem here, too.
I guess they think they're doing "the right thing", but forcing me as a cycling into fast-moving traffic that is already having to squeeze into an adjacent lane because the phone talker is taking up a whole bike lane plus half a car lane is likely more dangerous than just chatting while driving. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David Mann <[email protected]> Sent: April 26, 2012 4/26/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: The Text Man On Apr 26, 2012, at 1:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > It's illegal to use any handheld PED while operating any vehicle (including > bikes) here in Ontario. This guy is a perfect example of why. We have a similar rule but I don't know if it extends to bikes. It led to a new problem. People who decide their ringing / beeping phone is so important that they'll pull over on yellow lines to attend to it, usually blocking a cycle lane or footpath in the process as well. Further ranting abridged :) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
