Comments on: What makes one speed limit more “enforceable” than another?

By: SD

SD — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:00:40 +0000

Without Malice watch that CA bashing please. There are a couple of us on this blog including me that was born and raised in CA and are proud of it. Thank you.

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Sat, 23 May 2009 05:15:49 +0000

[...] couple days ago, pal C. J. Summers asked: What makes one speed limit more “enforceable” than another? Peoria Anti Pundit was even more [...]

By: without malice

without malice — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:53:21 +0000

Kohlrabi and Mazr,

Yup California – the land of nuts and fruits!

8 years ago out where we live there was a visiting twit in a nearby subdivision who thought he was a bronze Greek god and would run down the center of our half mile long straight stretch of 2 lane road posted at 35 MPH in spite of there being new, terrific and uninterrupted sidewalks on both sides. At first I along with other neighbors was intimidated by his stupidity or death wish, but soon we all decided he knew what risk he was taking and didn’t budge all that much. Soon the idiot got the idea! And YES it turned out he was from CA!

By: Mazr

Mazr — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:33:00 +0000

kohlrabi, our family went to Cali last year and I was shocked at the courtesy given by motorists to pedestrians.

By: mdd!

mdd! — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:22:59 +0000

I don’t care if the gang of bikes was a memorial ride or not – they broke the laws numerous times – too many to count and did endanger people as a result. I sure didn’t see a police escort and blocked off streets?

By: kohlrabi

kohlrabi — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:49:44 +0000

Motorists are required to yield to pedestrians NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. Yeah, right. If the motorists are in California, maybe Utah, many other werstern states that may be true – it’s surely not true in Peoria. They don’t yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. Motorists often don’t bother to look both ways to see that there are in fact any pedestrians that they might be inclined, if they knew the rules of the road, to yield to.

Picture Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy “Hey I’m walkin’ here!”

The gang of bikes was covered in the Journal Star – it was some sort of memorial ride.

By: mdd!

mdd! — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:34:41 +0000

kcdad wrote” As for those bicycle “gangs”, automobile drivers are required to yield to pedestrians and bicycles, funeral processions and post office vehicles. NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE.”

Now, how in the world would a motorist be able to yield to someone else purposely running a stop sign or other traffic device?

By: C. J. Summers

C. J. Summers — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:54:53 +0000

Is that not essentially what I just said?

By: kcdad

kcdad — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:16:03 +0000

I am busting out my rules of the road….

“When walking or riding your bicycle on a sidewalk or on or along a crosswalk,
you must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and give an audible signal before
overtaking and passing them. You must operate as a pedestrian. Watch for signs
that prohibit riding bicycles on sidewalks and crosswalks.”

Ok…
“You, as well as others who use public roads, must obey the traffic laws so that
everyone can get to their destinations safely. Ride your bicycle as a car should be
driven.”

By: C. J. Summers

C. J. Summers — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:07:51 +0000

Not true, kcdad. Bicycles can operate on the sidewalk or the roadway. When on the sidewalk, they have to yield to pedestrians, and otherwise have to follow all the rules a pedestrian must follow. When on the roadway, they are subject to the same regulations as the driver of a motor vehicle — that would include obeying stop signs. See sections 28-486 through 28-506 of Peoria’s municipal code. Of particular note regarding another comment above:

Sec. 28-500. Riding bicycles or motorized pedal cycles on roadways.
Persons riding bicycles or motorized pedal cycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for their exclusive use. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane subject to the provisions of section 11-1505 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1505).