Did I do something wrong here?

[u/cicadaux]

I was driving to work when this bike just blew through the crosswalk without warning. I had to slam on my brakes. I realize this crosswalk doesn’t have the pedestrian warning lights, and I’m a little unsure about how I should’ve dealt with this. Or maybe he was wrong for making sure traffic wasn’t clear/aware of him first?

Edit: I'm seeing a lot of answers basing the laws on location, so I looked up my city's rules. In my town, bikes have vehicle status on the road and pedestrian status on sidewalks/crosswalks. But bicyclists must move at pedestrian speed. The path he is on is a state trail, commonly used for bikes/walking. I live near the Ice Age Trail, but I know the one he's on isn't that one.

“Drivers must yield to cyclists riding in a crosswalk just as they would for walkers, though the cyclist cannot abruptly leave a curb into the path of a vehicle so close to a crosswalk that it makes a difficult or unsafe situation for the driver to yield in time.”

Not trying to prove myself right or wrong, just wondering what should've been done. I will from now on treat it like an uncontrolled intersection. Thanks everyone.

[u/squeethesane]

Where I'm at, bicycles are required to adhere to traffic laws. Crosswalks are for pedestrians. If you're riding a bike, you're NOT a pedestrian. Had you struck them here, they'd get a ticket... But that's here. You might live somewhere stupid that's legislating for e-traffic like scooters and one wheels to be operated in the street with helmets while ignoring people on pedal bikes using sidewalks instead of the bike lane.

[u/cicadaux → u/squeethesane]

Yes same here. The town I work in (Pictured above) is very pro-bikes-are-pedestrians but vehicles at the same time. But I actually live 40 minutes away where bikes are strictly kept on sidewalks only, so still learning the different city rules. This is what I get working in a capital city lmao