In Ontario, the law says to get off your bike and walk it across a crosswalk, because bikes are considered vehicles under the law
“If you are a cyclist , you should be crossing in a lane of traffic just like any other vehicle,” said Sean Shapiro, a constable with the traffic services division of the Toronto Police Service . “Cyclists have this wonderful ability to transform. They go from being a vehicle wanting all the rights and freedoms of being a vehicle.
– that should change because they don’t recognize that pedal-powered bikes are different vehicles than cars or motorcycles. “We don’t have the kind of cycling networks that we really need so that folks can get around and feel safe and protected,” Longfield said. “Often people will make other choices, riding in crosswalks because, from their perspective, that space .”
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