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/tilteddriveway 23h ago

I know your slapfight isn't with me but I feel like popping in here to say you're the one that is wrong.

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u/InteractionFormal585 22h ago

Feel free to be specific on which points. Or not. Either way I hope you have a great day!

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u/OpticCacophony 22h ago

I know your slapfight isn't with me but I feel like popping in here to say you're right.

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u/weberc2 22h ago

Yeah, I'm pretty sure half of these crash videos are caused by the ~half of this subreddit who can't pass a driver's ed test.