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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
Also, when you ride a bike on the sidewalk, especially on the wrong side of the road, you should not expect the driver at an intersection to be ready for you to pop into the crosswalk.
Again, you might be in the right, but you're just asking to get hit.
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A bicyclist on the sidewalk going in any direction is against the law. I came that close to nailing one yesterday while looking left to make a right turn. Just when I thought it was safe, a bike with a trailer attached breezed right across my front bumper from the right out of nowhere from the sidewalk and across the pedestrian zone. Yes, I had looked right beforehand, but I can't look in both directions at once.
I can only assume there was a child in the trailer. That very easily could have been a bad day for them. I have a ****load of insurance for just that reason. If something had happened I wouldn't even feel bad about it.
It's life (or death) when people are that stupid.
Oh, and as it just so happens, the light for me was just turning green. So they were rushing the yellow facing them.