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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
This question will probably evoke as much disagreement as Xtowers on
sidewalk riding. I was driving, and I came to a crosswalk which is CLEARLY marked : "Yield to Pedestrians." A cyclist was waiting, and, clearly, he intended to ride across. Should I have stopped for him? I did not. Had he been pushing the bike, I would have stopped. My reasoning is, he does not deserve better treatment just because he is doing what he ain't sposta. (I don't blame him. He was waiting patiently for traffic to clear.) |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
Leo Lichtman wrote:
This question will probably evoke as much disagreement as Xtowers on sidewalk riding. I was driving, and I came to a crosswalk which is CLEARLY marked : "Yield to Pedestrians." A cyclist was waiting, and, clearly, he intended to ride across. Should I have stopped for him? I did not. Had he been pushing the bike, I would have stopped. My reasoning is, he does not deserve better treatment just because he is doing what he ain't sposta. (I don't blame him. He was waiting patiently for traffic to clear.) It depends on local rules and regulations. In Seattle (and I believe all of Washington), cyclists are treated just like pedestrians at crosswalks. And yes, it's perfectly legitimate to cycle across the crosswalk (assuming you're not being a jerk and trying to plow through a crowd of pedestrians). -- Dane Buson - "Sleeping alone, except under doctor's orders, does much harm. Children will tell you how lonely it is sleeping alone. If possible, you should always sleep with someone you love. You both recharge your mutual batteries free of charge. " --Marlene Dietrich, Marlene Dietrich's ABC, 1962 |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
Leo Lichtman wrote:
This question will probably evoke as much disagreement as Xtowers on sidewalk riding. I was driving, and I came to a crosswalk which is CLEARLY marked : "Yield to Pedestrians." A cyclist was waiting, and, clearly, he intended to ride across. Should I have stopped for him? I did not. Had he been pushing the bike, I would have stopped. My reasoning is, he does not deserve better treatment just because he is doing what he ain't sposta. (I don't blame him. He was waiting patiently for traffic to clear.) Here in Colorado it is legal to bicycle on the sidewalk (unless prohibited by local ordinance) and to bicycle through a crosswalk. A bicyclist on the sidewalk is considered a pedestrian with the rights and obligations of a pedestrian. It is also legal to bicycle on a roadway (unless prohibited by signs, as on an urban Interstate), in which case the bicycle is a vehicle with the rights and obligations of a vehicle operator. So in Colorado you would be breaking the law by not stopping for the cyclist in question. Colorado law was recently changed, sidewalk cyclists were previously required to walk their bicycles through crosswalks. My own opinion is that anyone who lacks the skills to ride in the roadway should get off and walk through crosswalks. mark |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
mark wrote:
Here in Colorado it is legal to bicycle on the sidewalk (unless prohibited by local ordinance) and to bicycle through a crosswalk. A bicyclist on the sidewalk is considered a pedestrian with the rights and obligations of a pedestrian. Can you cite a statute for that? Wayne |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message ... This question will probably evoke as much disagreement as Xtowers on sidewalk riding. I was driving, and I came to a crosswalk which is CLEARLY marked : "Yield to Pedestrians." A cyclist was waiting, and, clearly, he intended to ride across. Should I have stopped for him? I did not. Had he been pushing the bike, I would have stopped. My reasoning is, he does not deserve better treatment just because he is doing what he ain't sposta. (I don't blame him. He was waiting patiently for traffic to clear.) What if it was a kid on skates, or a person in a wheelchair? jb |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
Wayne Pein wrote:
mark wrote: Here in Colorado it is legal to bicycle on the sidewalk (unless prohibited by local ordinance) and to bicycle through a crosswalk. A bicyclist on the sidewalk is considered a pedestrian with the rights and obligations of a pedestrian. Can you cite a statute for that? Wayne Colorado Revised Statute 42-4-1412. Paragraph (1) refers to bicycles operated on a roadway, paragraph (10) refers to bicycles on a sidewalk. http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext...ced&2.0#LPHit1 |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
mark wrote:
Colorado Revised Statute 42-4-1412. Paragraph (1) refers to bicycles operated on a roadway, paragraph (10) refers to bicycles on a sidewalk. http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext...ced&2.0#LPHit1 That's amazing. Really bad stuff in CO. No matter where a bicyclist rides, road or sidewalk, the bicyclist is a second class user on that facility. Wayne |
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Cyclist riding in crosswalk
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:03:02 -0500, Jim Boyer wrote:
"Leo Lichtman" wrote in message ... This question will probably evoke as much disagreement as Xtowers on sidewalk riding. I was driving, and I came to a crosswalk which is CLEARLY marked : "Yield to Pedestrians." A cyclist was waiting, and, clearly, he intended to ride across. Should I have stopped for him? I did not. Had he been pushing the bike, I would have stopped. My reasoning is, he does not deserve better treatment just because he is doing what he ain't sposta. (I don't blame him. He was waiting patiently for traffic to clear.) What if it was a kid on skates, or a person in a wheelchair? Exactly. Appropriate speed is the issue, not whether one is walking or rolling. So I have no problem with it either, or sidewalk riding, as long as the cyclist is traveling at pedestrian speed -- as with young children, timid casual cyclists, etc. About whether one should stop for a someone, anyone, in a crosswalk: Positive people look for opportunities to extend courtesies, deserved or not. Negative people are concerned with what they should or shouldn't "hafta" do. Matt O. |
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"Jim Boyer" wrote: What if it was a kid on skates, or a person in a wheelchair? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A person in a wheelchair is clearly to be treated as a pedestrian--I would stop. A kid on skates--legally I would say it depends on whether skating is allowed on that walkway. As a practical matter, I would stop, because we make allowances for kids. And because they should be taught courtesy by example. For the same reason, I would stop for a kid on a bike. I would also stop for a mother pushing a stroller. |
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