Originally Posted by crazybikerchick
As for faster riders, almost everywhere that allows riding on the sidewalk allows states that sidewalk riders either need to stop and walk across intersections or slow down to walking speed at intersections. Also if children are going to be riding on the sidewalk they should at least be riding in the same direction as traffic. You don't expect to have to check your blind spot for traffic on the sidewalk when making a left turn from the leftmost traffic lane for instance.
I assume that first sentence about "NEED to stop and walk across intersections or slow down to walking speed at intersections" means that you think that is the law. Where? Same for the second sentence about same direction <as what?> requirements; your preferences and/or good ideas don't obligate anybody else to comply with them.
Blaming legal cyclists for YOUR (and other slackers') failure to check YOUR blind spots and take all reasonable precautions to assure that YOUR turning maneuver IS safe is nauseating.