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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a pedestrian, the main thing I hate about cyclists is that they take priority over walkers. They don’t stop at cross walks, they don’t follow signs or traffic lights, and they are often biking way too fast in a city where there are so many walkers. If I’m in a cross walk, you cyclist need slow down and go by me safely. You shouldn't take priority over walkers in a cross walk.[/quote]

Walkers should also share the road and crosswalk. I walk, bike, and drive. Right of way doesn’t mean doing away with courtesy, spatial awareness, and common sense.

For example, Asking a cyclist to slam on breaks because your dog just finished sniffing a pole and you decide to suddenly start walking without looking both ways is also annoying. Sometimes cyclists are already in the intersection when pedestrians start to walk. How long should a cyclist wait at a crosswalk for a pedestrian to look up and around. Sometimes walkers hang on the corner chatting or waiting for their dog to pee or for their toddler to pull up their sock or waiting for an uber. Pedestrians should make eye contact and wave people along when they are hanging out on a curb to avoid some of the run ins.[/quote]

As someone who also likes to ride a bkne, I’m sorry to have to tell you this,  but no — the law is that pedestrians have the right of way in all of these situations. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like the reason they’re in the bike lane or whatever. They’re allowed to be there. [/quote]

Read again. I said it was annoying, and that right of way shouldn’t negate courtesy, spatial awareness, and common sense. I only suggested that pedestrians also strive to be courteous. Do they have to be by law, no. Obvi.[/quote]

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