Originally Posted by
Speedwagon98
I understand what you are saying, however, a vehicle is supposed to stop behind a crosswalk by law anyways. Just because I'm not being safe about it, doesn't give a driver the right to disobey a law about where they are supposed to stop. Also, this is a fairly common practice here, as I see many other cyclists run up onto the sidewalk at this point just like I do.
Qiute possibly they did stop behind the crosswalk and seeing no pedestrian to yield to, creep up to safely turn on red.