I so wouldn't trust a cop to know the law. When I got hit by a car at UF, I called the police station later. They said, even though I was in the crosswalk, that it was partially my fault since I was going opposite traffic on my bike, and that I would have gotten a ticket had a policeman stopped. I thought this sounded funny, but forgot about it.
The next year there was a letter in the Alligator from a law student. The same thing had happened to him, but the cop was there and he did get the ticket. He looked up the law, and pedestrians *always* have the right-of-way in a crosswalk, no matter which way they're going, and what they're on (bike, foot, lawnmower, skateboard, hovercraft). He brought this up with the judge, and got the ticket dropped.
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Date: 2008-05-01 12:20 pm (UTC)The next year there was a letter in the Alligator from a law student. The same thing had happened to him, but the cop was there and he did get the ticket. He looked up the law, and pedestrians *always* have the right-of-way in a crosswalk, no matter which way they're going, and what they're on (bike, foot, lawnmower, skateboard, hovercraft). He brought this up with the judge, and got the ticket dropped.