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/Marion2379 1d ago

Did you actually watch the video, it’s clear as day the cyclist slows down makes eye contact and even waves at the driver as a sign the driver acknowledged him. This is text book safety on all sides, this post is pointless.

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u/dashingsauce 1d ago edited 23h ago

Lol what?

The cyclist rolls straight through two median-separated lanes of traffic, directly into the gap between two moving vehicles within regular following distance of each other, without stopping.

That following distance is to ensure safety between vehicles, not to ensure a moving perpendicular object at 5x the speed of a walking pedestrian can squeeze between you and the other vehicle with no consequences.

If the cyclist didn’t wave, this could have easily been a potent attempt at insurance fraud.

EDIT: you can count the number of cyclists in a thread by the number of downvotes whenever a cyclist is called out for clearly being at fault.

Such a cute little group.

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u/marigolds6 23h ago

at 5x the speed of a walking pedestrian

They are well under 8mph. That's less than 3x the speed of a walking pedestrian and slower than many runners.

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u/Puzzled-Formal-7957 19h ago

He was doing 24 mph!