Originally Posted by
prathmann
Not necessarily. We have a number of locations locally where a cyclist can enter the intersection legally and the light cycle is too quick at common cycling speeds to get across before the opposing direction gets a green light. Especially on highways which are wider (take longer to cross) and where the timing may be based on an assumption of higher speed traffic. In the California Vehicle Code (which I think is pretty typical) there is an explicit requirement that drivers proceeding with a green light still yield to pedestrians and any vehicles that are already legally in the intersection.
Obviously I don't know the details about what happened in this case, but the description doesn't make it clear that the cyclist was at fault.
I had to do a double take, I though I was in the AnS forum.
I think the description makes it crystal clear that the cyclist was at fault. Red light, t-bone. Doesn't get much clearer than that.
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