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Walk OR ride very slowly.  Why is that so hard to understand?  There is absolutely a safety issue with bikes in crosswalks - I posted like a kagillion links about it.  I don't care if you want to fight with me on DCUM, but if you're unwilling to do the basic amount of self-educating about safe urban bike riding, PLEASE do not take your kids out biking!  [/quote]

You posted like a kagillion links about bicycling on sidewalks.

And the people in the video actually were riding very slowly through the crossing. It was a little kid on a little bike, as multiple PPs have pointed out. It wasn't Miguel Indurain on a training ride.[/quote]

1)  The girl was tiny and was absolutely biking at faster than a walking pace, and was not old enough to be on the lookout for cars that were failing to stop. Notice that the mom herself then dismounted.
2)  The issues of physics and visibility are identical for riding off a bike path as riding off a sidewalk into the intersection.  Bike path is even more dangerous because cars are likely even less primed to be looking for people crossing.  The fact that you don't grasp this suggests you don't know/care about biking.  
3)  I'm not sure why you persist in arguing about this, but you sure seem to have zero interest or knowledge about urban biking, or interest in informing parents about how they can bike safely with small kids.  [/quote]

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