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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Road biking is so, so dangerous. I wish our roads were more bike-friendly, but they're just not. [/quote]

They were biking on a bike trail. They were simply crossing a street, at pedestrian speed. They waited for traffic to stop and then entered crosswalk. They should have been pretty visible with bike and colored gear. Assume black suv was on phone. [/quote]

No, they weren't going at pedestrian speed.  And even if they were - would you let your 4 year old walk ahead of you in a cross walk across such a pedestrian unfriendly street?  I don't think so.  [/quote]

What I wouldn't do:

1. Drive at 35 mph (or faster) in a turn lane, as though it were a through lane.
2. Pass a stopped car at a very-well-marked crosswalk.

The second, especially, is a terrible idea. It's called "multiple threat", and it kills people. I don't want to kill people when I drive.

Also it's illegal (see MD Transp Code § 21-502 (2017)): (c) Passing of vehicle stopped for pedestrian prohibited. -- If, at a marked crosswalk or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, a vehicle is stopped to let a pedestrian cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear may not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.

The transportation department responsible for the road should narrow the road to one lane each way at the trail crossing, to eliminate multiple-threat crashes.[/quote]

Yes, the road design could be better and the car should have been more cautious. But parents must observe basic safe biking rules!  That includes WALKING your small child across cross-walks that cross thoroughfares.  [/quote]

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