Originally Posted by NE Tiger

The other thing I wanted to get the board's feedback is this, another multi-use etiquette issue. Is it not considered courteous for a rollerblader to..how to phrase this...stop the side to side kicking thing when going past someone traveling in the opposite direction? Shouldn't that person just coast for literally one to two seconds to keep their feet out of the other lane?

This happened last night on a relatively narrow stretch of the Minuteman bikeway in Lexington. This goofy old man (see? Man) came flying down a slight hill, passing a family with young children in a dangerous spot with a drop off on either side into a ditch, and grazed the sleeve of my shirt he was so close to me. When I saw him coming, I speculated to my wife that he would be a jerk, and he was. I was so annoyed with him, and I had my left hand off the handlebar anyway, it would have been so easy to shove him into the ditch that he was ready to send those kids into. I really almost did it.