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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoYou quoted his answer: Riding the wrong way, against traffic Pedestrians are supposed to walk against traffic, in general (although it doesn’t matter as much when there are proper sidewalks). Cyclists are supposed to ride with traffic in all cases, because they are traffic.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat applies when there’s no sidewalk. Never heard of such a concept when it comes to sidewalks, and as I iterated it doesn’t help anyway.
minus-squarexapr [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis is interesting. I hadn’t heard of the recommendation for pedestrians to walk against traffic before. I’ll have to look it up. Thanks.
You quoted his answer:
Pedestrians are supposed to walk against traffic, in general (although it doesn’t matter as much when there are proper sidewalks). Cyclists are supposed to ride with traffic in all cases, because they are traffic.
That applies when there’s no sidewalk. Never heard of such a concept when it comes to sidewalks, and as I iterated it doesn’t help anyway.
This is interesting. I hadn’t heard of the recommendation for pedestrians to walk against traffic before. I’ll have to look it up. Thanks.