[Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Joe,

I started of compiling a list of statutes making my point, and then I came across this:

49-721.  BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS. (1) A person operating a bicycle upon and
along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield
the right-of-way to any pedestrian, and shall give an audible signal before
overtaking and passing a pedestrian or another bicyclist.
    (2)  A person shall not operate a bicycle along and upon a sidewalk or
across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, where the use of bicycles is
prohibited by official traffic control devices.
    (3)  A person operating a vehicle by human power, or operating a motorized
wheelchair or an electric personal assistive mobility device upon and along a
sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall have all therights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
So I'm wrong on this.  Bike riders do have all the same rights and duties that pedestrians do in that circumstance.

I still think they shouldn't sail out; having the right of way doesn't change the Newtonian principles in play.

Sunil

> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:34:53 -0400
> From: joekc at roadrunner.com
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> 
> Don't bikers have the same right of way? In many of the cross walks that I cross (usually on my bike) it says on the sign facing drivers "Stop if intersection is occupied." I don't recall seeing any
> restrictions about whether it is a bike or a pedestrian.
> 
> Mind you, I don't just cross and I always assume that I don't have the right of way, just to be safe.
> I'm just wondering what the law is. And I'm not really talking about this specific crosswalk, since
> I never use it. I'm speaking in generalities.
> 
> --
> Joe Campbell
> 
> ---- Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > I see bike riders sailing out into the crosswalk as if they have the same right of way as pedestrians.  
> > 
> > Sunil
> > 
> > > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:32:55 -0400
> > > From: joekc at roadrunner.com
> > > To: bevbafus at verizon.net
> > > CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing
> > > 
> > > This pedestrian crossing is a total mess. The problem is that half the people stop and half of them don't. 
> > > 
> > > And the kids, thinking they will live forever, cross no matter what!
> > > 
> > > You are right, at the very least a traffic light is needed.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Joe Campbell
> > > 
> > > ---- Bev Bafus <bevbafus at verizon.net> wrote: 
> > > > Sorry for the flip name, but that is what my family calls this very
> > > > dangerous pedestrian crossing.  I would like to see the City of Moscow, the
> > > > University of Idaho and the Idaho State Transporation Department work
> > > > together to solve this issue.  Ideally, this would involve construction of a
> > > > pedestrian bridge over Highway 8 - or at a bare minimum, a stoplight.
> > > > 
> > > > The City created this mess by allowing all the apartments on the north side
> > > > of Highway 8.
> > > > 
> > > > Bev Bafus
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > from the Lewiston Tribune---
> > > > 
> > > > UI student seriously injured
> > > > Victim airlifted to Spokane following car-pedestrian accident Tribune
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Tuesday, September 23, 2008
> > > > 
> > > > MOSCOW - A Coeur d'Alene man attending the University of Idaho was severely
> > > > injured when a car hit him in a Moscow crosswalk Monday around noon, the
> > > > Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported.
> > > > 
> > > > James R. Hazelton, 20, is listed in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart
> > > > Medical Center in Spokane, where he was airlifted after the accident, Moscow
> > > > Assistant Police Chief David Duke told the newspaper.
> > > > 
> > > > Duke didn't return phone calls from the Lewiston Tribune seeking details on
> > > > the accident. Duke told the Daily News that Pullman resident John P. Hunt,
> > > > 85, struck Hazelton with a 1999 Dodge Intrepid. Hunt was cited for failure
> > > > to yield to a pedestrian.
> > > > 
> > > > Off-duty Lewiston Tribune reporter David Johnson was stopped at the
> > > > crosswalk on West Pullman Road at the Stinker gas station and witnessed the
> > > > accident. Johnson said he saw Hazelton enter the crosswalk walking south.
> > > > 
> > > > The crosswalk's warning lights had been activated and other motorists had
> > > > stopped, but one car traveling about 30 mph kept going, Johnson said.
> > > > 
> > > > "It didn't brake and hit him," he said. "He flew up in the air and
> > > > cartwheeled at least once."
> > > > 
> > > > Hazelton landed about 50 feet from where he was hit, said Johnson, who
> > > > immediately called 911 on his cell phone. He said Hunt slowed and turned
> > > > into the Tri-State store parking lot while bystanders and motorists rushed
> > > > to Hazelton's aid.
> > > > 
> > > > Johnson said a police motorcycle unit was on the scene in about a minute,
> > > > and was quickly followed by other emergency personnel.
> > > > 
> > > > Hazelton suffered massive leg trauma, Duke told the Moscow newspaper. The UI
> > > > directory lists Hazelton as a junior in the School of Journalism and Mass
> > > > Media.
> > > > 
> > > > New warning lights and signs were recently installed at the crosswalk to
> > > > help protect pedestrians.
> > > > 
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