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There is a yellow sign a few feet back indicating the presence of pedestrians. This is a 30MPH road.  A vigilant driver, going 30MPH, should have been able to see the family and stop - and the stopped car in the left lane should have added to their caution, even if there was a chance it was waiting to turn.

But we want the right to drive at 40MPH, without being vigilant, on roads like that, so we blame the people crossing in the crosswalk instead.

Then when people cross OUTSIDE crosswalks, we say "safety problems are caused by jaywalkers" and wonder why people cross where there is no crosswalk.[/quote]

Well, duh! If people don't want to get hit crossing the road, then they shouldn't cross the road! They should get into a car and drive, like normal people!

Or so I infer, from some of the comments.[/quote]\

No, they should follow the very basic principals of safe biking, which they could easily learn if they bothered to.  [/quote]

I don't see what principal they failed to follow.  They crossed in a crosswalk, they rode at a moderate speed, they appear to have looked appropriately for cross traffic, and they were using equipment colored to be quite visible.

Again, a pedestrian walking here would have been just as vulnerable.  
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Ok, I posted many, many links about this, but here goes again.

When you are biking or scootering on the sidewalk or on a bike path, you MUST slow down extremely, or walk your bike, instead of coming quickly off the sidewalk or bikepath into oncoming traffic.  This is because although drivers may be looking for pedestrians, a bike is moving to fast for them to anticipate and stop in time. Apparently there's some disagreement of fact here, but I saw the child going faster than walking pace.  Also because she's small, she's even less visible.

Secondly, if you're crossing a lot of traffic, you can't just assume that the cars are going to stop - you have to be watching to make sure they are, be able to see all the cars, and be ready to stop if they don't stop.  Most 4 year olds can't do this; thus, they should not cross alone.

https://www.bicycleaccidentprevention.com/

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