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Originally Posted by skyguy79
I have a theory, but want to emphasize that it's just a theory of why the person chose to walk off the sidewalk.
I ride a mobility scooter from my home to our mail station occasionally and a segment of the ride is on a sidewalk. Everything went smoothly on the sidewalk up until they decided to replace some of the concrete slabs along the way. Unfortunately, the workers doing the work didn't do a good job of keeping the slabs level and consistant with the older ones, so I have a bumpty-bump ride!
Now my theory is... if the same happened to the sidewalk this walker doesn't stay on, and he's afraid he might get tripped up by any unevenness, is that why he might do what he does?
Now, the house I sold up north when moving here had an uneven slab, someone wasn't paying attention to where they were walking and tripped and got hurt. That led to a law suit against us that lasted for months before being settled. Now if the walker being talked about had such experience in the past, he just might have that on his mind or be fearful of the same happening to him if he stayed on the sidewalk.
Remember, this is only a theory and your assessment of it might be wrong!  |
Back when I was running daily I would always run in the street because of the uneven sidewalks and in the winter the streets would be plowed but the sidewalks wouldn't always be shoveled and could also be icy. I'm sure the ice and snow aren't a problem too often there but the uneven slabs will catch you if you aren't paying attention or if there is low light or vision problems. I used to run before daylight for much of the year and you just couldn't see the high spots. Most of our sidewalks up here in the older neighborhoods are uneven due to frost heaves or tree roots.