Originally Posted by
neilfein
On that note, why do pedestrians use the streets when there are perfectly good sidewalks available? My neighborhood has a rash of folks who do this, often walking slowly in the middle of the street.
I typically walk my dog in the street although there's sidewalks on both sides of every street in my neighborhood.
I've never made a conscious decision to do so, and I am on the sidewalk some, but not all the time.
- people leave their cars parked over the sidwalk area of their driveway
- plants/shrubs grow out and cover or crowd the sidewalk
- awkward sidewalk transitions
Anyway... these are ridiculously wide neighborhood streets with very little traffic, and noone would risk messing up their SUV by hitting 350lbs of man+dog.