Our primary mode of transportation consists of riding our bikes from the Walmart bike rack to campus. Our first week here John was riding his bike and a cop car pulled him over demanding that he should've stopped at the stop sign like cars do. From what I understand the conversation went something like this...
"Do you have insurance for this bike?"
John: "uhm, no"
Cop: "Right, no one does. What if you'd hit my car because you went through that stop sign? You'd have no insurance to pay for the damages would you?"
Luckily John got out with a warning. I've never heard of a cop pulling over a bicycle. We told him he should've just booked his bike through campus since the cop was in his car, but John is a law abiding citizen. To my knowledge, the pedestrian always has the right of way so if i get slammed off my bike by some car, i think my lack of bike insurance won't really be an issue.
Yesterday I was in the rec just before it closed and decided I really needed to shave before another day goes by so I went to the bathroom at 10:50 (it closes at 11pm). Apparently the staff were in a hurry to close up so some guy quickly opened the door and keyed all of the lights off while i was still shaving, at which point i preceded to cut my lip in the pitch black. It bled for over half an hour and I had to use my cell phone as a torch to find my way to my locker and quickly pack my stuff up in complete darkness, and only partially shaven.
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Hiya! I look forward to reading along. Can't tell where you are, but in most places, pedestrians don't have the right of way all the time. They have to obey the rules of the road, which includes stopping at an intersection if there's a stop sign rather than just stepping out into the road. In New York, pedestrians are not permitted to enter a crosswalk if oncoming vehicles might not have time to stop safely, but once in a crosswalk, pedestrians have the right of way and drivers must yield.
Bikes have to obey all of the same traffic laws as cars do.
Good luck with the semester and the blog!
right. as mhaithaca points out, bikes aren't pedestrians. though they're not motor operated, they still have to obey traffic laws since they are still a moving vehicle on the road. a lot of car accidents involving bikes happen due to the cyclist going back and forth on choosing when they want to be considered a moving vehicle and when they want consider themselves a pedestrian.
Sorry, John, can't back you up on that one...bikes are not pedestrians and they must obey the rules of the road as if they were cars.
This has always been a HUGE pet peeve of mine - that cyclist fail to obey this, and most drivers fail to understand that bikes have to obey and are therefore entitled to the road as much as they are.
Are you all the stinky kids in class?
who cares about the rules of the road...i'm still laughing about where he parks his bike when he gets "home"....in the walmart parking lot! jon you make me laugh and i only wish i could be there to take pictures. you'll look back at this one day and love the experience. looking forward to hearing more as the semester progresses (it's getting cold up here in iowa...better start getting the electric blankets out to keep you warm....or just start your engine!) =)
You have enough comments about the bikes...I think it's crazy that they turned the lights out on you while you were in the bathroom. Don't they know they should check to make sure no one is in there?
Though I do think it would be funny to see you half shaven!
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