09-20-2019, 09:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-20-2019, 09:02 AM by danbrotherston.)
(09-20-2019, 08:15 AM)MidTowner Wrote: Can't both the person on the bike and the person in the car be charged? You're not driving properly if you hit a person- even a person on a bike- in the crosswalk while making a turn. But, likewise, strictly speaking the person shouldn't be riding a bike in a crosswalk.
That intersection is brutal, though, and there's no doubt that the motorist was taking the turn at a speed that simply shouldn't be possible inside the city.
It's not impossible, but I don't think it happens all that much, certainly the police would not find anything "improper" about the turn, basically, if a cyclist is in a crosswalk, you're allowed to hit them, and as long as you don't tell the officer "oh, I looked up from my phone and they were right there"..."I ran the light and they were there"...you're not going to get a ticket.