| "In California, motorized vehicles cannot be used on the sidewalk" Possibly true. (actually electric skateboards are allowed) But bikes also entered the conversation. Regardless, I personally find the discussion of what the rules should be, rather than what they are in any particular jurisdiction, to be more interesting. "I've had a bunch of very close calls already." I don't know where you live, but you're quite the outlier. Maybe your attitude that the burden is entirely on someone else is putting you in danger? I have a 5 year old (and yes, we spend an awful lot of time on San Francisco sidewalks), and I teach her that the burden is always on her to keep herself safe. Of the 8 people killed using electric scooters so far, all of them have been the riders. Maybe you'll be the first to die this way, but that sounds a bit unlikely to me, unless you are actively trying to. Also, I've yet to hear of a pedestrian bicycle accident that caused significant injury that happened on an actual sidewalk. "Everything you wrote is just avoiding the main issue." No, it's not. It's simply calling you out for assuming that your views and your priorities are the only right ones. You show no nuance. Placing "the burden" entirely on one party, here in the real world, makes no sense to me. |