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Stop salmoning

stopdoingthisrevisited
stopdoingthisrevisited
edited November -1 in Park Slope
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  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    Guessing this means walking in groups, blocking people from walking the other direction?

    Solution: Put on a bear suit and have at it. Good sport.
  • witch-king
    witch-king
    Bear suits work for salmoning, but what about stroller dams?
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    :lol: =D>

    Not sure, but at least the looks on the kids faces would be priceless.
  • architecture biscuit
    architecture biscuit
    I believe "salmoning" is usually a biking term.

    Since 7th Ave. is two-way I would imagine salmoning wouldn't be that big of a problem really.
  • hunter.gatherer
    hunter.gatherer
    Yes it's a biking term, meaning riding against traffic. It happens on two way as well as one way streets (and shouldn't). I guess some people want to get a good look at the car that kills them. That's all well and good I suppose, but it puts those of us riding correctly in an awkward position - effectively it's like dodging a double parked truck.
  • youbetcha
    youbetcha
    I believe in the rules of the road--you stay to the right. When walking on the Prospect Park roadway in the proper direction I always stay against the right most line of the pedestrian path. If you're coming at me from the wrong way you best stay on your right toward the curb, otherwise we're playing chicken, MF . . . that goes for you baby carriage pushers, wheel chair riders, dog walkers and three abreasters also . . . You don't like then face the consequences.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    I have no argument with the "ride on the right" rule, but I am curious... does anyone else remember being taught, perhaps in boy scouts, that you should always ride your bike facing car traffic, rather than in the same direction as car traffic?

    In my case this would have been in the late 1950's or very early 60's.
  • lnelson
    lnelson
    i was taught to ride with traffic. but not in boy scouts or in the 1950's.

    ps, i thought this post was about the huge pile of sushi rolls and rice between two cars parallel parked on 1st very close to 7th. um, WTF? GROSS GROSS GROSS