On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > On 01/03/2011 08:11 AM, Dave F. wrote: >> On 03/01/2011 03:50, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> On 01/01/2011 07:54 AM, Dave F. wrote: >>> >>>> Is the adjacent path shared? if so, note that that would be the safer >>>> passage. >>> Most states prohibit bicycles from sidewalks, or limit their speed to a >>> walking speed on sidewalks, making them useless for bicyclists. >> >> Really? Is that US thing? Do they have signs? What about joggers & runners? > > It's not posted, but it is codified as such in state law. Oregon > expressly limits bicycles to walking speed on sidewalks, all states > consider bicycles as vehicles that must obey vehicle law as applicable > (including not driving on sidewalks, which makes the whole "walking > speed" thing moot in Oregon anyway).
Your statement that bicycles are prohibited from driving on sidewalks in "all states" is not correct. Florida statutes explicitly state: "A person propelling a vehicle by human power upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances." Of course, those rights and duties include such things as stopping at a "don't walk" signal, even when there's a green light. Plus you have to yield to pedestrians and ring your hello kitty bicycle bell every time you pass one: "A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian." It's not something you want to do for your commute. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
