Thoughts on safety, wisdom of sharrows

I live on a county road. My property borders the road and the bordering corners are marked with an iron fence post, painted green.

As a service to those driving by I want to offer the following suggestion: If you travel from one stake to the other in less than seven seconds you are exceeding the posted speed limit.

I thank you for your consideration.

The bike path through Sandpoint caught my attention, especially the Ella Avenue route. If a cyclist is traveling north on Ella from a point south of Highway 200, the map indicates they need to go west on Michigan to take advantage of the pedestrian light across Highway 200. This, I guess, is all well and good except for one thing. The last time I drove past the Ella/Michigan intersection I noted that Michigan is still a one-way street going east.

This brings to mind the question: Is the city of Sandpoint encouraging cyclists to ride the wrong way on a one-way street? It is a well known fact that many cyclists do ride the wrong way on one-way streets, but in the case of encouraging the action who assumes liability in case of accident?

All in all I think the bike paths are a wonderful idea. I am not sure about the sharrows, though. What good do they do when a cyclist ignores them and rides on the sidewalk on the street with the sharrows?

LARRY SMITH

Sandpoint