07-03-2022, 09:20 AM
(07-03-2022, 06:07 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(07-02-2022, 06:36 PM)Acitta Wrote: As a cyclist, there is no way I am going to dismount my bike and walk it across an intersection that crosses a multi-use trail. (...) In practice, I find that those crossings that have signs that tell motorists to stop for pedestrians, they will also stop for cyclists as long as they see them in time. Of course, it is incumbent on cyclists to also act safely and not just barrel through intersections without checking whether the motorists have time to stop.
Same for me. I will ride across, but only if there are no cars approaching, or they have clearly seen me and stopped for me. This is exactly the same thing that I do if I am walking.
Funny, I will ride across any time I have the right of way (i.e., there are not vehicles to yield to). If drivers stop for me when they have the right of way, I still won't go...it is their job to follow the rules and I do make myself an ass by forcing them to go. On occasion they get outright violent about it...basic primate psychology, yielding the right of way is their way of demonstrating dominance...THEY decide when I cross.
But (before I left anyway) I did decide to just cross when drivers yielded to me at a PXO...even if I'm on a bike.
Honestly, this is the point, our laws are so bad, that reality is more important than following the laws. And I'm glad that some engineers have recognised this.