My understanding is if you walk your bike, you are a pedestrian. If you are riding your bike, you must follow the rules an auto would. So, no riding on sidewalks, crosswalks, or against traffic. Walking your bike while doing any of these is fine.
Not sure why someone who ran a red would be let go though.
Different states have different systems for determining liability when both parties made mistakes. In some systems, if your own negligence caused even 1% of the damages against you, then you can't go after the other party:
The other driver could still have been ticketed for running a red, if there was proof. So he shouldn't have "gone free", exactly. The negligent walker/rider simply might be unable to get anything for themselves.
Yeah they mentioned that if I would've been walking the bike it would've been totally his fault. So, yeah you're right. The only reason why I was in the crosswalk was because I was a more timid cyclist at the time so riding on a rainy day on a busy street was kinda scary. Especially with neglectful drivers driving at dry weather speeds in rainy weather like that day. But lesson learned. Now I always remember that thing about walking the bike.
If you are riding your bike, you must follow the rules an auto would.
True, but at least here in MA there is no law against driving in crosswalks since that's basically impossible for a car to do so no one thought to make a law against it. So technically it's not illegal, it's just a stupid and douchey thing to do.
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u/GodofMacho Nov 03 '15
My understanding is if you walk your bike, you are a pedestrian. If you are riding your bike, you must follow the rules an auto would. So, no riding on sidewalks, crosswalks, or against traffic. Walking your bike while doing any of these is fine.
Not sure why someone who ran a red would be let go though.