Like most ambiguous topics, this one has plenty room for people to
self-justify their position and scrutinize and find a way to discount others
positions, so agreement is difficult to reach. The CA DMV gives legal
guidance in that state, but it is just what the humans who created it came
up with
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I gave my own case as well - had I stumbled or stepped to the l
I have sympathy for the sad soul that won't slow down to avoid hurting
others. That will be heavy karma.
If you are the faster traffic, then you have an ethical responsibility to
not run into side stepping old men or ladies, oblivious walkers talking
side by side, not strike cyclists on the road
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
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.
is
prohibited.
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