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In article <3a83hm$sb3@bashful.cc.utexas.edu>, orb@bashful.cc.utexas.edu
(Norman Richards) wrote:

>In article <laskaCz8uuz.97F@netcom.com>, Andrew Laska <laska@netcom.com> wrote:
>>Donald L. Nash (D.Nash@utexas.edu) wrote:
>>Statement: "Bikes should ride on the sidewalk when available. This is 
>>safer." The study concluded that bicyclists using sidewalks were several 
>>times more likely to be involved in accidents if using the sidewalk. the 
>>study pretty much negated the statement.

Be careful with the attribution here.  Those were Andrew Laska's comments,
not mine.

RE: biking on the sidewalk.  I'm sure the bikers around here will correct
me, but I think that's illegal.  I won't argue with your safety arguments,
but your convenience arguments are nothing short of complete contempt for
the law.

>Maybe I am selfish
>here, but if I am riding my bike I am not going to ride 10 blocks out of my
>way when I can simply take shortcut across sidewalk and be where I want to 
>be.

This is the sort of attitude that makes a lot of drivers hate all
bicyclists (even thought not all of them are guilty of this).  If you're
going to exercise your right to the road, then you must also live up to
all the restrictions that go with it.  If bikers are to be treated just
like motorists, then they must behave just like motorists with respect to
obeying *all* the traffic laws.  Your personal convenience does not take
precedence over the law.

                                ++Don Nash

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