I used to loathe bike riders over the age of twelve who rode on the sidewalks, because they all assumed I could hear them coming. When I didn't get out of their way as they rode up swiftly behind them, they sometimes resorted to various forms of verbal abuse. In the first moment of reflex I still think anybody who rides on the sidewalk is an [unprintable], but I don't think I am necessarily right about that. But it's what I think, based on how they've acted to me, and how they've threatened me. They almost knocked Mike over a few times too, and my protective reaction about that... well, let's just say I have strong ones.

Their version of "giving pedestrians the right of way" was firmly entrenched in believing that none of us pedestrians have disabilities.

P.S. I am married to someone who was a bicycle commuter for decades, and he's not got a high opinion of bike riders on sidewalks either.

And now I will stop ranting about this in poor Peg's LJ.