Timeline for Does this sound right: $485 ticket for not walking my bike across the street? [closed]
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| Oct 24, 2013 at 15:11 | comment | added | Johnny | @Kibbee: I don't think there's really a slippery slope that would open sidewalks to motorized bikes. There's already a distinction between bicycles and motorized bicycles in California law. A bicycle is: "231. A bicycle is a device upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels." As well as a separate definition for motorized bicycle. And the (law)[dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21207_5.htm] already restricts where motorized bicycles can ride. | |
| Oct 24, 2013 at 14:17 | comment | added | Kibbee | A bike is technically a vehicle as far as the law is concerned, unless otherwise stated. If you're going to start to let bicycles ride through the crosswalk, then where does it stop. Are electric assist bicycles ok? What about those technically an "electric bicycle as defined by law but really a full sized scooter with pedals bolted on"? What about a gas scooter with a really small engine? Seems like a slippery slope to me. Best to keep the vehicles and pedestrians as segregated as possible (with mobility devices like wheelchairs grouped in with pedestrian). | |
| S Oct 24, 2013 at 11:49 | history | edited | jimchristie♦ |
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| Oct 24, 2013 at 9:38 | comment | added | Tom77 | Similar question (also closed) - bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/12997/… | |
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| Oct 23, 2013 at 21:58 | comment | added | Johnny | @CareyGregory - I'm speaking of California law, since Glendale is in California. I did not mean to imply that every state and every country was the same. "CVC 21456.2. (a) Unless otherwise directed by a bicycle signal as provided in Section 21456.3, an operator of a bicycle shall obey the provisions of this article applicable to the driver of a vehicle." Where 21456.3 describes a bicycle signal, distinct from a pedestrian signal. I don't see anything that would allow a bicycle to follow the pedestrian WALK signal. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 21:48 | comment | added | Carey Gregory | @Johnny I hope you're speaking specifically of Glendale or California law because you would be incorrect in Connecticut where cyclists are not only allowed to ride in pedestrian crosswalks but also have the right-of-way like a pedestrian does when they do so. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 21:31 | comment | added | Johnny | She may have been a jerk, but she was correct - the "walk" signal is for pedestrians only. If the traffic light was red and you rode your bike through the intersection, you ran the red light and are subject to whatever the fine is for running a red light. Bikes are (generally) treated the same as cars under traffic laws. If you want to be treated as a pedestrian, you need to walk your bike. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 21:25 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Oct 23, 2013 at 21:05 | history | edited | jessica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2013 at 16:04 | comment | added | jessica | I called the Glendale Police dept. The lady who answered the phone was amazed that we received a ticket for that. She transferred my call to traffic control, that lady laughed and said well Duh the walk sign means walk. And that if it was okay to bike across there would be a person bike riding on the sign and not a walking person... She was such a jerk. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 15:59 | comment | added | jessica | we as in myself and a friend, each received a $485.00. it was a 4 way cross walk. All Cars are stopped 4 ways. So we continued to the other side. Cop pulled us over for riding across the street and not walking the bikes across the street. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 11:21 | comment | added | stuffe | How many is "we"? Is that $485 each, or total? Assuming that the fine per person is a round figure to the dollar then the largest the fine can be is $97 each for 5 people. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 22:55 | comment | added | imel96 | I'm just glad that Queensland has changed the law so cyclist can stay on the bike when crossing. Changing the law is the only way. | |
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 20:50 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | You need to honestly state what you did. If you rode across at an intersection, in a driving lane, in keeping with traffic laws, then you definitely have a case. If you went counter to signals or "jayrode" or if you rode your bike in a pedestrian walkway then you may have a problem, depending on the particulars of state and local laws. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 19:03 | comment | added | Kibbee | Can you cite what you were actually fined for. Possibly with links to specific laws. Even if you can't point to specific laws, can you describe what you actually did? | |
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:59 | answer | added | Tim Armstrong | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:47 | comment | added | S.. | Don't fight it to win, get on your bike to evade. Advice - better late than never! | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:44 | history | asked | jessica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |