Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
Proves nothing. Ever walk down a grocery store isle and have someone coming the other way "dance" with you as you try to avoid each other? Now imagine that one of you doing 20 mph.
That's a very poor analogy, as two people in a grocery store have no predetermined obligations or expectations.
While it's not an excuse for carelessness, or relieve them of their obligations, a pedestrian has the reasonable expectation that they may cross a street in a lawful manner and that opposing vehicles will yield as obligated.
No matter how you spin it, the cyclist failed to meet several obligations, so what really matters is if it was done with malice such as intentionally running the crosswalk, a failed attempt to shoot a gap, or if it was simply human error.
There is no reasonable expectation that one can ignore the law without consequence.