Originally Posted by
charbucks
On the second page of the thread (yes, I clicked it... no idea why this is so fascinating to me) he says ...
Something doesn't quite add up... sounds like it has to be a salmon, the way the driver describes it. But in that case, the crosswalk hand is insignificant. That makes me think it was "cyclist passing on the right" rather than cyclist coming from the right... though crosswalk hand still shouldn't matter.
D'oh! I missed the second page. It sounds like the cyclist may have come off the sidewalk into the crosswalk since the driver had mentioned the crosswalk signal.
Driver's account sounds fishy to me -- he said the crosswalk signal had turned red -- I don't think most drivers watch crosswalk signals. However, my impression is that riding the "wrong way" on a sidewalk and entering a crosswalk without stopping is a high risk sidewalk riding practice, with a high accident rate <link to sidewalk riding thread>