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Joe,<br><br>I started of compiling a list of statutes making my point, and then I came across this:<br><br><pre><pre>49-721. BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS. (1) A person operating a bicycle upon and<br>along a sidewalk, or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield<br>the right-of-way to any pedestrian, and shall give an audible signal before<br>overtaking and passing a pedestrian or another bicyclist.<br> (2) A person shall not operate a bicycle along and upon a sidewalk or<br>across a highway upon and along a crosswalk, where the use of bicycles is<br>prohibited by official traffic control devices.<br> (3) A person operating a vehicle by human power, or operating a motorized<br>wheelchair or an electric personal assistive mobility device upon and along a<br>sidewalk, <span style="font-weight: bold;">or across a highway upon and along a crosswalk,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">shall have all the</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.</span><br></pre></pre>So I'm wrong on this. Bike riders do have all the same rights and duties that pedestrians do in that circumstance.<br><br>I still think they shouldn't sail out; having the right of way doesn't change the Newtonian principles in play.<br><br>Sunil<br><br>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:34:53 -0400<br>> From: joekc@roadrunner.com<br>> To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> <br>> 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<br>> restrictions about whether it is a bike or a pedestrian.<br>> <br>> Mind you, I don't just cross and I always assume that I don't have the right of way, just to be safe.<br>> I'm just wondering what the law is. And I'm not really talking about this specific crosswalk, since<br>> I never use it. I'm speaking in generalities.<br>> <br>> --<br>> Joe Campbell<br>> <br>> ---- Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com> wrote: <br>> > <br>> > I see bike riders sailing out into the crosswalk as if they have the same right of way as pedestrians. <br>> > <br>> > Sunil<br>> > <br>> > > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:32:55 -0400<br>> > > From: joekc@roadrunner.com<br>> > > To: bevbafus@verizon.net<br>> > > CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] one injured in bop-a-student crossing<br>> > > <br>> > > This pedestrian crossing is a total mess. The problem is that half the people stop and half of them don't. <br>> > > <br>> > > And the kids, thinking they will live forever, cross no matter what!<br>> > > <br>> > > You are right, at the very least a traffic light is needed.<br>> > > <br>> > > --<br>> > > Joe Campbell<br>> > > <br>> > > ---- Bev Bafus <bevbafus@verizon.net> wrote: <br>> > > > Sorry for the flip name, but that is what my family calls this very<br>> > > > dangerous pedestrian crossing. I would like to see the City of Moscow, the<br>> > > > University of Idaho and the Idaho State Transporation Department work<br>> > > > together to solve this issue. Ideally, this would involve construction of a<br>> > > > pedestrian bridge over Highway 8 - or at a bare minimum, a stoplight.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > The City created this mess by allowing all the apartments on the north side<br>> > > > of Highway 8.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Bev Bafus<br>> > > > <br>> > > > <br>> > > > <br>> > > > <br>> > > > from the Lewiston Tribune---<br>> > > > <br>> > > > UI student seriously injured<br>> > > > Victim airlifted to Spokane following car-pedestrian accident Tribune<br>> > > > <br>> > > > <br>> > > > Tuesday, September 23, 2008<br>> > > > <br>> > > > MOSCOW - A Coeur d'Alene man attending the University of Idaho was severely<br>> > > > injured when a car hit him in a Moscow crosswalk Monday around noon, the<br>> > > > Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > James R. Hazelton, 20, is listed in satisfactory condition at Sacred Heart<br>> > > > Medical Center in Spokane, where he was airlifted after the accident, Moscow<br>> > > > Assistant Police Chief David Duke told the newspaper.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Duke didn't return phone calls from the Lewiston Tribune seeking details on<br>> > > > the accident. Duke told the Daily News that Pullman resident John P. Hunt,<br>> > > > 85, struck Hazelton with a 1999 Dodge Intrepid. Hunt was cited for failure<br>> > > > to yield to a pedestrian.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Off-duty Lewiston Tribune reporter David Johnson was stopped at the<br>> > > > crosswalk on West Pullman Road at the Stinker gas station and witnessed the<br>> > > > accident. Johnson said he saw Hazelton enter the crosswalk walking south.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > The crosswalk's warning lights had been activated and other motorists had<br>> > > > stopped, but one car traveling about 30 mph kept going, Johnson said.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > "It didn't brake and hit him," he said. "He flew up in the air and<br>> > > > cartwheeled at least once."<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Hazelton landed about 50 feet from where he was hit, said Johnson, who<br>> > > > immediately called 911 on his cell phone. He said Hunt slowed and turned<br>> > > > into the Tri-State store parking lot while bystanders and motorists rushed<br>> > > > to Hazelton's aid.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Johnson said a police motorcycle unit was on the scene in about a minute,<br>> > > > and was quickly followed by other emergency personnel.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > Hazelton suffered massive leg trauma, Duke told the Moscow newspaper. The UI<br>> > > > directory lists Hazelton as a junior in the School of Journalism and Mass<br>> > > > Media.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > New warning lights and signs were recently installed at the crosswalk to<br>> > > > help protect pedestrians.<br>> > > > <br>> > > > =======================================================<br>> > > > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > > > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > > =======================================================<br>> > > <br>> > > =======================================================<br>> > > List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> > > http://www.fsr.net <br>> > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > > =======================================================<br>> <br></body>
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