07-03-2022, 08:09 AM
(07-03-2022, 02:15 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: So what is the "danger" here? I don't consider "legal risk" danger, if you even think there is any legal risk here to engineers or the city, which I doubt there is anyway.
To me the danger comes from having one side expecting the other to stop when in fact that other side has no obligation to stop.
Since it is the City implicitly telling the first side that the other should stop even though legally the other side does not have to stop, they are the ones causing the dangerous situation and may be legally liable.
That’s my thinking, at any rate. How much connection it has to reality is another matter. The point about never crossing unless the cyclist is sure road traffic is yielding is a good one, and certainly prudent on the part of the cyclist, regardless of the legal situation.