[SDCBC] Joggers in the Bike Lane - WTF

[trevorspoke at cox.net]

> http://www.ocregister.com/news/bake-parkway-1991108

In California, at least, the law is that peds must use any suitable adjacent pedestrian facility. Most joggers would reasonably be expected to agree with each other that the concrete sidewalk is not suitable for jogging.

The jogger was proceeding in the proper direction, facing vehicular traffic. In California, peds in the bike lane must yield to all vehicular traffic (for example, cyclists). Being in a bike lane, where the motorist is not allowed to drive, the ped is forgiven for not yielding to the motorist by getting out of the roadway.

I hate the use of the word "veer" in news articles, because mostly it is used as a synonym for "drifted" when in fact it is a much more abrupt change of position. However, a ped facing motor traffic should be able to hop onto the curb before being run over, I'd think, unless the driver actually did perform an extreme and sudden swerve.

-- Trevor