Walker vs Biker

[Everytime]

Do the "fast" road cyclists have absolute traffic right-of-way over all other traffic at intersections and crosswalks?

There are several designated pedestrian crosswalks with signs along 30A where I often see cars slowing down/stopping to let pedestrians cross, but the "tour de France" type cyclists, often in groups, sometimes don't stop for the pedestrians. I was on the 30A Path at Seagrove Tom Thumb one busy weekend morning and several dads and kids were walking across the designated pedestrian crosswalk towards the beach and cars had stopped for them. The leader of a cycling group yelled ahead to a few kids who were about to cross that they (the cyclists) were not going to stop. They were not under a police escort and I wasn't aware of any special bike race going on at the time.

Who was in the right here?

And also, the 30A Path crossing at 395 also has STOP signs for all users - cyclists, runners, pedestrians, but cyclists, whether tourists on cruisers on the Path or the fast cyclists on the road, often don't stop there!

 

[Dawn]

When I learned the rules of the road, it was if you were on a bike on the road you had to obey every law just like if you were in a car.

And related, if you were on a bike on the road or crossing at a crosswalk you had no privelages of a pedestrian. In order for cars to stop, you have to dismount your bike and walk across. I doubt hardly anyone knows that and people on bikes at crosswalks assume cars are going to stop for them.

PET PEEVE ALERT
Drivers who stop in the middle of the road for people to cross when there ain't a crosswalk. This is very dangerous!

 

[Teresa]

I would never allow my kid to ride a bike on that bike path unless West of Grayton Beach. Even then, the child had better have really good skills and be alert.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

When I learned the rules of the road, it was if you were on a bike on the road you had to obey every law just like if you were in a car.

And related, if you were on a bike on the road or crossing at a crosswalk you had no privelages of a pedestrian. In order for cars to stop, you have to dismount your bike and walk across. I doubt hardly anyone knows that and people on bikes at crosswalks assume cars are going to stop for them.

PET PEEVE ALERT
Drivers who stop in the middle of the road for people to cross when there ain't a crosswalk. This is very dangerous!

I never dismount, but they usually stop for me anyway. Most of the drivers I've encountered a smart enough not to try to hold me to the letter of the law.