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Originally Posted by Skippy
Then I saw a guy on a bicycle (with no PPE of course) riding ON THE SIDEWALK while TALKING ON A CELL PHONE. I gave him a dirty look, but he just waved obliviously.
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Two questions -
1 - Is it illegal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk in that area?
2 - Is it illegal to ride a bicycle without PPE in that area?
If the answer to both questions is "No", then with all due respect, it's none of your beeswax and not worth getting worked up about.
At that, if he's stupid enough to be talking on a cell phone while operating ANY type of vehicle (I do agree with your ire on that one), I'd rather have him do it while riding a bicycle on the sidewalk than behind the wheel of a car on the interstate.
Above situation, odds are he's only going to get himself injured if something happens. Let him have his chance at a Darwin Award.
But I do agree, the vast majority of motorists are brain dead when it comes to dealing with, much less even noticing, motorcyclists and bicyclists sharing the road with them. That's why I gave up riding a motorcycle in my earlier days, after only a few years - just wasn't worth the stress and danger of dealing with the other idiots on the road.