Originally Posted by MERTON
i live in dallas... we have no pedestrians!
(well... very few compared to what i see on t.v. when the show ny and such... our sidwalks in downtown are usually near empty.. cept at lunch time).
same here. it is legal to ride on the sidewalks here and there are very few pedestrians on the sidewalks along my route. I ride slowly anyway and don't feel it is unsafe. I think when you talk about sidewalk riding people automatically think you are talking about going 15-20 mph down a walk that may be crowded with people, which is something I would never do and is not necessarily what a lot of us are talking about when we talk about being on the sidewalk for limited periods during a commute....
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Last edited by rando; 04-29-06 at 05:57 PM.