Monday, April 13, 2009
Not a turn-friendly zone
What does San Francisco have against left turns? It seems like every street we'd cross while we were there prohibited left-hand turns. I understand the ones that are one-way streets, and I appreciate the sign helping me not get killed by an oncoming bus. But what about all of the other streets? What's their excuse? It's like this city just has something against ambi-turners. You'd think that a city that's so accepting of people swinging both ways would be more tolerant of those of us who like to turn both ways.
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Also, people there do not believe in seeing bicycles. More than once, I made eye contact with a pedestrian standing on the curb, only to have them step RIGHT out in front of me as soon as I got close. It makes me wonder how we ever lived through left hand turns across streets.
Maybe the two are related. Maybe they won't let cars turn left anymore because too many bicycle-blind people got in accidents trying to turn left in their cars.
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