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LeeC:
Here in the US you can really do either.  Most cities/towns have ordinances saying that if you are on a bike to maintain the speed limit and are treated as a vehicle, but they can also bike on the side walk.  They are treated pretty much like both pedestrian and motor vehicle.

pwhodges:

--- Quote from: Metope on 04 Nov 2013, 11:39 ---Biking on the sidewalk is actually illegal in the UK, which is funny because in Norway it's sort of the norm.

--- End quote ---

Yes; but in a lot of places there are also cycle tracks marked on the pavement (sidewalk, if you like!), either alongside the pedestrians, or even marked to be shared.  It can be pretty hard sometimes to find out just where you are expected to be riding!  One track in Oxford has a white line down the middle and cycle and pedestrian signs on the two sides; the trouble is they're the opposite way round at the two ends!

Barmymoo:
Actually, the public transport in Indiana was far better than the public transport near either of my parents' houses. It may be an unfair comparison since my parents live in villages on the outskirts of small towns and Fort Wayne is a fairly large place, but don't make the mistake of thinking that all of the UK has the public transport that London has. From the end of my mum's road you can get one bus a week (on a Wednesday morning - the bus makes the return route on a Saturday afternoon).

Kugai:
Yes, I here in NZ know Jeremy's a twat

But he's a funny twat, probably the kind of twat you'd invite to a party rather than the twat heading the BNP.

But he's still a twat.



It always surprises me that neither Hammond or May haven't decked him before now

Or The Stig run him over.

jwhouk:
May can attest to the (lack of) public transportation here in my part of the US.

I have only been outside the US once. That was to Canada, eh?

Oddest thing about that was the lack of caffeine in Mountain Dew (at the time).

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