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Old 08-03-09, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CliftonGK1
should the cyclist act like a pedestrian and wait for pedestrian light to turn green
If the cyclist is on the sidewalk, they are to act in similar fashion to a pedestrian.

or should cyclist act like a vehicle or a bike in the bike lane and ignore the red pedestrian light?
No tif they're on the sidewalk. If they're in the bike lane, then the pedwalk signal doesn't apply to them. But IMO, when you approach an intersection like that you should slide out of the bike lane over into the traffic lane when going through to keep from getting hooked.
This was my thinking....this is quite amazing here. There is a bike path a block over, the road has a nice marked bike lane, and yet there is a ton of bikes on the side walk...not to mention some that ride in the wrong direction on the bike lane
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