Originally Posted by
jsharr
Because it is a cross walk. Not a cross ride. Safety of pedestrians, etc. He stated he was a "pedestrian" in his post. Here are his state laws:
257.660c Operation of bicycle upon sidewalk or pedestrian crosswalk.
(1) An individual operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk or a pedestrian crosswalk shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian.(2) An individual shall not operate a bicycle upon a sidewalk or a pedestrian crosswalk if that operation is prohibited by an official traffic control device.
(3) An individual lawfully operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk or a pedestrian crosswalk has all of the rights and responsibilities applicable to a pedestrian using that sidewalk or crosswalk.
You are battling semantics here. He was on the street, he blew a stop sign and wants justification. By law, he can cross on a cross walk, but has to yield to pedestrians, has to obey official traffic control devices, such as stop signs, etc.
I assumed we'd moved on from the OP's example, in which he's clearly legally wrong. Your quoted text above pretty clearly indicates that it's legal in his area for a cyclist to ride a bike on a sidewalk, into a crosswalk, and behave as a pedestrian if they choose to do so and yield to other pedestrians. That's not what the OP was doing, but you still pretty clearly refuted your own claim.