kuan
09-14-05, 11:29 AM
If a clearly marked bike path crosses the road, and you ride across the zebra crossing, are you considered a vehicle or a pedestrian?
Advocacy & Safety - Legal Question (kinda)
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Helmet Head
09-14-05, 12:42 PM
Zebra crossing? Are you saying it is a crosswalk cross-hatched with diagonal lines?
Either way, I bet the law is not clear on this question.
Some people argue that as long as you're on the bike, you're a driver of a vehicle. You're only a pedestrian if you're walking the bike. That's a clean definition, but I don't know if the law supports it.
Either way, I bet the law is not clear on this question.
Some people argue that as long as you're on the bike, you're a driver of a vehicle. You're only a pedestrian if you're walking the bike. That's a clean definition, but I don't know if the law supports it.
filtersweep
09-14-05, 12:47 PM
If a bike trail turns into a crosswalk- a marked zebra crosssing, if you will- when it crosses the street- a bike has the right of way... but try telling that to drivers in the US>
John E
09-14-05, 01:26 PM
... Some people argue that as long as you're on the bike, you're a driver of a vehicle. You're only a pedestrian if you're walking the bike. That's a clean definition, but I don't know if the law supports it.
This has always been my distinction between pedestrian and vehicular use of a bicycle, and I believe the law generally concurs.
This has always been my distinction between pedestrian and vehicular use of a bicycle, and I believe the law generally concurs.
DCCommuter
09-14-05, 10:02 PM
It's state by state. Around here, cyclists in crosswalks have the rights and duties of pedestrians. Cycling in the crosswalk is legal only if cycling on the sidewalk would be.
Helmet Head
09-14-05, 10:52 PM
John, if a cyclist is riding on a sidewalk, which is generally legal in CA, are you saying that while doing so he has the same rights and responsibilities of a vehicle driver? That makes no sense.
I don't think it's as simple as mounted or not. But like I said, I don't think the law is exactly clear on all the distinctions and contexts.
I don't think it's as simple as mounted or not. But like I said, I don't think the law is exactly clear on all the distinctions and contexts.