LusterBroil said:

The worst thing is the J walking pedestrians:huh[/QUOTE



Yes, peds are the worst. The one thing I worry about the most is hitting a damn pedestrian. When Im filtering along through traffic I always scan the sidewalk and possible ped infiltration points for one that looks like a potential darter. It is amazing that some people here in the city have no concept of what is using the street other than cars. When people step off the sidewalk mid-block from behind a parked cargo van are they really assuming that if the cars are stopped nothing else is moving? Dont they ever see the bicycles, motorcycles, rollerbladers, hotdog carts, horses, or whatever other street user thats not as wide as a car? People just walk on out there without so much as a look in the direction of traffic.

I really do keep it slow, like under 10mph if I dont have good visibility of potential threats. I figure any speed is better than 0.



Anyone know what sort of blame would be applied for a J-walking incident involving a motorcycle moving through stopped traffic? I know that when a car strikes a ped that darts out from a parked car or whatever the driver is usually not found at fault. It is illegal for a pedestrian to cross if a crosswalk is provided at each end of the block.

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