Only when I'm cycling, dear. They are quite good, though. They make up for my lack of natural padding.

Saw a news report on TV a few weeks back. The VPD guy they had on said that 80% of accidents between cyclists and cars in Vancouver were caused by the cyclist doing something stupid.

I am a jogger and normally go with some one else, we are pedestrians!! Just b/c we are moving a bit faster, people who walk do not get out of our way either, so tit for tat. You walk 3 and 4 people across the sidewalk and when we come thru single file half the time we are going around you on the busy road....WALKERS GET OVER....we are entitled to the sidewalk as much as you are!

Surely it's up to those approaching from behind to safely navigate through?

I jog with an air horn to alert those walking that i'm approaching.

Maybe they should dish out a few tickets:

The main Vancouver ‘cycling’ offences and their respective fines:

• Without a helmet: $29
• On sidewalk: $109
• Two abreast: $109
• While not astride seat: $109
• Carrying passengers: $109
• While attached to vehicle: $109
• Without hands on handlebar: $109
• Without due care and attention: $109
• Without reasonable consideration: $109

Are helmets mandatory? Admittingly I do not have helmet so don't have one to use when we ride.

In BC they are.

seems In Ontario they are not for over 18s

Cobblers, 40 people running towards me in a crowd where the chuff was I supposed to move to?? There was nowhere to go apart from into another runner.

I'm guessing you are joking about the airhorn there but any sound alarm to warn people assumes that the other person can hear. I'm sick of cyclists and runners on the pavement/sidewalk who assume that I can hear them approaching and make no allowances but just bash on through.

I hate cyclists, around here they are a bigger threat to me as a pedestrian then cars are since they love to ride on the side walk and of course they expect me to get out their way even though they are not supposed to be on said side walk.

Luckily the cops around here are finally starting to crack down and issue citations to bikes.

I am kidding about that. I use a Vuvuzela

I am serious about the part of the "passer" though. If i'm walking by the river in London and somebody wants to jog past me then it's up to them to do so safely, not me.

Must be a pain with people assuming we all have 20:20 vision and excellent hearing, Fled.

On my way to work today I observed

1) A pedestrian cross the road , straight into the path of an oncoming streetcar

2) a streetcar driver sail through a red light

3) A car that nearly knocked me over because it was reversing back round an intersection , having missed its p[hase on the lights

4) a cyclist cut me up twice , once on the sidewalk and once on the pedestran crossing bit of the intersection

5) a woman infront of me , who, due to a combination of speaking on cell phone and wearing stupidly high heels , was capable of walking so slowly that she was in danger of being overtaken by tectonic plates. However she was capable of weaving so that noone could pass

My conclusion?

Everyone out there, driver , pedestrian,cyclist, is a freaking idiot when i'm trying to get to work

On my way to work today I observed

a chipmunk on the road

a beagle on the road

a deer on the road

a cat on the road

My conclusion?

It aint just people that are freaking idiots.

No racoons?