Originally Posted by
groverdill
When I was a kid (about a thousand years ago it seems) we were taught to get off our bikes and walk them when crossing a street at a marked crosswalk. Is this still a thing? I don’t even know if it was an actual state/national law, or just the neighborhood overprotective moms trying to keep us kiddos safe. I see current day examples of both, people riding in crosswalks and people dismounting and walking across and it has me wondering if there are laws dictating the proper way to handle a marked crosswalk. 🤔
Living in a city, with ever increasing numbers of bikes, I'm a firm believer in never riding my bike where there are pedestrians. So if the crosswalk were empty and it was a quick hop across I might ride, but if there were any pedestrians at all I would walk the bike. I'm sure it's a legal issue, but I also think it's an issue of civility - and of 'keeping the peace' between cyclists and non-cyclists. It can't be considered a hardship to walk a bike where everyone else is walking as well.