Monday, September 12, 2011

Reckless rickshaws?

The other night, my buddy, Troy, was lamenting the fact that he has -- on apparently more than one occasion -- been almost run down by rickshaws in Downtown Raleigh -- while he was simply walking on a sidewalk. Troy and his wife have played "chicken" with rickshaws while walking down the sidewalks of DTR, and, in one instance, he described having to run defense so that a pedicab didn't run over his wife.

*Is this an issue? Have others had problems with Raleigh rickshaws seemingly having no regard for others? Are they allowed on sidewalks? Should they be allowed on sidewalks? Or is this a non-issue, and maybe the riders just have it out for Troy?


*Full disclaimer: I've never personally witnessed rickshaws riding on the sidewalk and have nothing but great experiences with them, but Troy is not the type to just make something up. Unless it involves shark bites.

2 comments:

TSnow said...

I'm going to have to say that I love the fact that Raleigh has these rickshaws but I too have been about run over while walking down the sidewalk. Sidewalks are for walking. Things with tires need to be in the street.

M. Lail said...

Yeah, I think people like having them around. But this could be dangerous.