sidewalks

In my youth - and yes, that was a very long time ago - we were taught that bicycles had to follow the same laws as motor vehicles. That actually prepared us for when we began to learn how to drive. I have noticed that not many children nowadays know anything about right of way, 4-way stop...

An American attorney had just finished a guest lecture at a law school in Italy when an Italian lawyer approached him and asked, "Is it true that a person can fall down on a sidewalk in your country and then sue the landowners for lots of money?" Told that it was true, the lawyer turned to his...