| Re: drivers speeding away
Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <45ba6303$0$27066$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
> Wayne Pein <wpein@nc.rr.com> writes:
>
>>r15757@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>One who has faith that simply following the main pillars
>>>of 'vehicular cycling' ('be visible and predictable') will keep
>>>them safe in traffic has put all their eggs in the wrong basket.
>>
>>The main pillars of vehicular cycling are not to be visible and
>>predictable as you assert. Obviously the main pillar of vehicular
>>cycling is to operate a bicycle as a vehicle, following vehicular rules
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> In other words, observing the right of way protocol.
> Why are people (especially cyclists) so loathe to
> outrightly say: "right of way", and instead, dance
> around such succint phrasing with foggy euphemisms
> such as "rules of the road," "vehicular rules," &c?
>
Since I was specifically distinguishing between rules for vehicle
operators vs rules for pedestrians, I don't believe I was being foggy.
Vehicle operators use the road, drive with traffic, and have their own
set of right of way rules, whereas pedestrians use sidewalks (if
available), walk in either direction on same, walk facing traffic when
using the road, and have their own set of right of way rules with
respect to interaction with motor traffic.
Wayne
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