sidewalk etiquette

[angledge]

Is there an accepted set of rules for walking on the sidewalk? I've always felt that sidewalks should be treated like roads. For example, if you live in the United States, you should walk on the right side of the sidewalk (like you drive on the right side of the road), pass on the left, & if you have to stop, move over so you aren't blocking the progress of others.

Obviously, Brits & other left-side-driving weirdos should also walk on the left side of the sidewalk.

Do these simple rules exist only in my own head, or do other people know them too?

***cross-posted to rq_version2***

Comments

:-P

[cleverthylacine]

But what do Hillel and Shammai have to say on the subject?

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[starpaint.livejournal.com]

That these laws, being unusually and exceptionally clear, need no further elaboration. But Hillel addresses the Godliness of well-tuned sideways and why it's so imperative that country hicks get a development program together already, dammit.

(P.S. I love you.)

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[cleverthylacine]

Heeeeeeeee! Thanks :D There really is halacha for everything... :D :D

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[azurelunatic]

*cackle*

pyrogenic once said that two Jewish men in the same room is all it takes to start an argument. Not a fight, but a debate. Even if they agree with each other.