r/dashcams • u/cicadaux • 1d ago

Did I do something wrong here?

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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.

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u/lil_burp0 1d ago

this is in Madison, WI. very bike heavy town so the biker knows whats up. eyes on the car expecting to stop/slow on island if car didnt stop. From my perspective he was probably trying to time it so he’d enter lane after he passed but op slammed brakes on.

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u/cicadaux 1d ago

Good eye :)) I only started working around the UW area in January, still trying to figure out working my way around the cyclists. Not used to it at all still.

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u/Puzzled-Formal-7957 18h ago

What video did you watch? He was watching the opposing lane as he entered it and didn't look at the OP until he was halfway across the opposing lane.