Made my bike route safer

[ThatsMyOtter]

I complained for years about a dangerous intersection. Said intersection has a crosswalk on one side but motorists who need to turn right through the crosswalk don't bother stopping when pedestrians/ bicyclists have the right of way. After about 10 phone calls to figure out who's responsible for maintaining the intersection (it's a state highway and also the boundary between two cities) I found someone at the state dot who got a " yield to pedestrians" sign put up for me. Now drivers actually stop for me when I have the right of way.

(Note: I do ride with traffic going to work but coming home I take that crosswalk. Evening rush hour traffic is heavy enough that I feel unsafe riding on the road.)

I've also managed to convince my coworkers that I can bike to work safely...after three years of doing it.

[mpbaker22]

I complained for years about a dangerous intersection. Said intersection has a crosswalk on one side but motorists who need to turn right through the crosswalk don't bother stopping when pedestrians/ bicyclists have the right of way. After about 10 phone calls to figure out who's responsible for maintaining the intersection (it's a state highway and also the boundary between two cities) I found someone at the state dot who got a " yield to pedestrians" sign put up for me. Now drivers actually stop for me when I have the right of way.

(Note: I do ride with traffic going to work but coming home I take that crosswalk. Evening rush hour traffic is heavy enough that I feel unsafe riding on the road.)

I've also managed to convince my coworkers that I can bike to work safely...after three years of doing it.

I might be wrong, but I don't believe cyclists have the right of way in a cross-walk unless they're walking their bike.  I'm guessing the legality varies by location, but it's definitely poor cycling practice.

[ThatsMyOtter]

I do walk my bike across--forgot to mention that in the original post

[mpbaker22]

I do walk my bike across--forgot to mention that in the original post

Cool, it was written like you might, but it wasn't clear in the original post, IMO.