But Why are They Called Bike Paths?
Why is it that joggers get all pissy when they nearly get run over as they're jogging on the bike path? In fact, they get even more upset when they nearly get run over when they're jogging in the opposite direction of the lane their in.
It just doesnt' seem to make sense to me that a jogger would get mad at the notion of nearly getting run over by vehicles traveling between 20 and 30kph, sometimes going as fast as 50kph. I would have thought they accepted the risk when they decided to jog in the bike path at rush hour.
After all, there are those pictures of bicycles on the path, and sometimes of rollerblades too, but never any feet. And since most bike paths are obviously part of the road, it only seems to make sense to assume that the bike path is a part of the road, so jogging on it is like jogging on the road! Obviously, there is risk associated with that.
So to me, it seems these joggers want to live dangerously, and that's cool with me, so why get upset at nearly getting run over? Wasn't that what the jogger wanted all along? There is no sense of danger if you don't get nearly run over.
Oh well, it's a type of mentality I'll never understand I guess. But, I'm willing to bet that it's quite similar the mentality of bikers who spew vitriol at you when you cut them off with your own bike/car/two feet, even though you have the green light and that biker doesn't. It's still just as absurd as the pissy mood of daring joggers. Maybe it's the same condition of being predisposed to a sense of entitlement no matter how wrong you are?
But maybe that's what Montreal is all about. No matter what method of locomotion we use to move ourselves from point A to point B, we're going to do it badly. After all, there is a reason why you can't turn right on red lights here...
It just doesnt' seem to make sense to me that a jogger would get mad at the notion of nearly getting run over by vehicles traveling between 20 and 30kph, sometimes going as fast as 50kph. I would have thought they accepted the risk when they decided to jog in the bike path at rush hour.
After all, there are those pictures of bicycles on the path, and sometimes of rollerblades too, but never any feet. And since most bike paths are obviously part of the road, it only seems to make sense to assume that the bike path is a part of the road, so jogging on it is like jogging on the road! Obviously, there is risk associated with that.
So to me, it seems these joggers want to live dangerously, and that's cool with me, so why get upset at nearly getting run over? Wasn't that what the jogger wanted all along? There is no sense of danger if you don't get nearly run over.
Oh well, it's a type of mentality I'll never understand I guess. But, I'm willing to bet that it's quite similar the mentality of bikers who spew vitriol at you when you cut them off with your own bike/car/two feet, even though you have the green light and that biker doesn't. It's still just as absurd as the pissy mood of daring joggers. Maybe it's the same condition of being predisposed to a sense of entitlement no matter how wrong you are?
But maybe that's what Montreal is all about. No matter what method of locomotion we use to move ourselves from point A to point B, we're going to do it badly. After all, there is a reason why you can't turn right on red lights here...