Originally Posted by phoebeisis

Interesting video-
Really odd how that fish eye type lense makes the distances seem much greater.
The light goes yellow mid 20 seconds red roughly mid 24 seconds.
At 15 mph- 22fps- you traveled 88 feet in those 4 seconds.

average braking-figure .33g 2 seconds to zero - traveling just 22 feet-figure 11 feet extra reaction time-33 feet total.
Squirtdad makes a good point-bikes lower speeds mean we take a LOT longer to get thru intersections-2x as long-
So we-bike riders- are more likely to be crossing the pedestrian crosswalk when they have the green light-and they think they are safe.

I kinda doubt that having ROW (if we ever have right of way over pedestrians) means we won't be at fault for hitting a pedestrian who is in the crosswalk with the light in his favor. I suspect we are required to have enough control over our vehicle to brake or steer around the peds-careless driving reckless driving etc-or whatever catch all cops have to nail folks who don't adequately control their vehicle.

sauerwald-did have control over his vehicle-so he steered around them-no harm no foul.If he was doing 20 mph- he would have been past them before the 24 second mark.
Wide intersections are really tricky for bike riders-those peds could be 35mph cars.

Oh-it does seem the DA is overcharging the foolish reckless bike rider.He wasn't drunk-just speeding, somewhat reckless-has no extensive traffic history?? Usually felony charges are reserved for drunk drivers-repeat offenders.