would you feel guilty?
03-11-08, 05:00 PM
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would you feel guilty?
So on my way home there were 2 guys walking in front of me. One was on the sidewalk and the other was in the bike lane!! There was plenty of room on the sidewalk for both of them too!! Anywho this is a very busy road so I tried to cut it as close as I could. My handlebars probably missed him by 2 inches when I was doing around 20. I heard HOLY $hit!!! lol would you feel guilty or not?
03-11-08, 05:04 PM
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I would have just given him a "Heads up!" or "Passing on your left!" as I approached.
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Do you think motorist feel guilty when they do that to a cyclist?
03-11-08, 05:08 PM
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No guilt, but I'd probably give a warning before I went around. With two inches to spare, if the guy picked that time to move sideways or raise his arm and inadvertently knocked you towards traffic there'd be more than just one person saying, "HOLY $HIT!!!"
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A pedestrian in the bike lane is just as unpredictable and potentially harmful as car door. I would have taken the driving lane.
03-11-08, 05:13 PM
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I doubt you would have taken the driving lane on this road. I have cars lined up 24/7 I'd be more likley to get hit. Might I add that this is maybe half a mile away from my college where students are just getting off. Not very safe drivers.
03-11-08, 05:17 PM
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I would have given a good warning first... no point in risking a clip.
03-11-08, 05:19 PM
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Fair enough. If taking the lane is not an option on that road, then I probably would have called out "on your left," waited to make sure he heard, and then passed.
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I would have slowed down and told them to move to the sidewalk as they are endangering both themselves and other cyclists. I've done it before and have never even gotten attitude back.
03-11-08, 07:15 PM
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Nope. Besides, if you said something he might have changed course and stepped into your path, since it was obvious he wasn't expecting a bike in the bike lane. <g> If there's plenty of time to work with a bell would be best. Yelling things like "on your left" and "behind you" will confuse pedestrians and make them react in unpredictable ways.
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03-11-08, 07:16 PM
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+1, I use my bell. I get laughed @ by teenagers when I ring it to get them out of my way (who cares). I HATE IT when cars do that to me (buzz past as close as possible)! The guy in the bike lane probably was unaware you were there.
Yeah, I'd feel guilty...
Yeah, I'd feel guilty...
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03-11-08, 07:39 PM
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Not sure that I see what's funny about buzzing a pedestrian at 20 mph?
You'd probably think it was a barrel of laughs the next time you're on a group ride and get buzzed by a Hummer when you stray out of the bike lane?
If you hit him next time I hope you have a personal liability policy. In most states the pedestrian would have right of way in this scenario, even if they were wrong to be there in the first place.
You'd probably think it was a barrel of laughs the next time you're on a group ride and get buzzed by a Hummer when you stray out of the bike lane?
If you hit him next time I hope you have a personal liability policy. In most states the pedestrian would have right of way in this scenario, even if they were wrong to be there in the first place.
03-11-08, 07:43 PM
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Pulled further into the next lane, just as if the overtaken pedestrian had been a disabled car, debris pile, snowbank, pothole, or slower moving cyclist.
03-11-08, 09:08 PM
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i probably would have slowed down enough to go safely around and said "beep beep!" or something like that. i have had people say "on your left!" to me as a pedestrian, and it's surprising, so it always makes me fling around and look at whoever said it, instead of getting right out of the way. so i think it's a great idea, but pedestrians need a few seconds to figure out what's going on (especially if they [we] aren't used to being in bike traffic).
03-11-08, 09:53 PM
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Bell.
sense of guilt passing that close... not so much if they can't hear my bell.
sense of guilt passing that close... not so much if they can't hear my bell.
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03-11-08, 10:12 PM
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...And if they're deaf, or hard of hearing? 
03-11-08, 10:18 PM
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Then one would hope they have better sense than to walk in the street with their back to traffic. Bikes are not the only vehicles that will use the bike lane.
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well, I've seen people who are deaf or blind on the streets, and they seem to be more aware of their surroundings than people who are talking to someone, talking on a cell or listening to their ipods.
That and I slow down to pass them if they seem like they haven't realized my presence.
That and I slow down to pass them if they seem like they haven't realized my presence.
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I use my hand brakes as clickers to let them know I am approaching. I come across this situation many times a week.