Comment 77205

By DowntownInHamilton (registered) | Posted May 23, 2012 at 08:17:05 in reply to Comment 77200

I've noticed that with the warm weather has come a big spike of cyclists travelling on the sidewalk.

Case in point: Every day I walk with my girlfriend to the bus stop on the east side of John just south of Charlton. We walk to the bus stop, dog in tow, and wait for the bus. Once she's on board, I take the dog on a walk, then get ready for work. On Tuesday and again this morning, I have had near-misses with cyclists riding down the sidewalk. One almost hit me and ended up colliding with a trash can, another brushed my shoulder, and yet another mumbled something when going by. It drives the dog crazy, since she is surprised by the bike where there shouldn't be one, then sometimes tries to chase after it. It's dangerous. And this is on a 2-way street. I don't get it.

When we go biking, we always follow the rules of the road. We usually tend to take the scenic route (we normally avoid busy streets because we don't have enough experience riding with multiple lanes of traffic or on major thoroughfares). So far we've seen people riding the wrong way on 1-way streets (on both the road and sidewalk), make parents pushing strollers detour onto the street so they can continue biking on the sidewalk, blowing through stop signs and red lights, and nearly cause a collision (going through an advance green, causing a car legally turning have to slam on the brakes and causing the cars behind to do the same).

Further to that, on my daily commute from here to Mississauga, I do 90-100km/h on the 403/QEW, depending on the speed limits. It's easy. The odd time you'll get some ignorant driver who tries to egg you on by flashing high beams or honking, but I don't mind. They are free to pass me or do the limit.

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