As you approach a crosswalk without a traffic light, a person who has gotten off a bicycle is walking it across the crosswalk. What is the correct way to drive?
💡 Hint
Riders of bicycles and personal mobility devices must get off and walk them across a crosswalk (Article 13-2(6) of the Road Traffic Act), so the key is whether a person walking like this counts as a 'vehicle' or a 'pedestrian'. Recall a driver's duty at a crosswalk without traffic lights (Article 27(1)).
Answer: ②
Explanation
A person who has dismounted and is pushing or carrying a bicycle across a crosswalk is protected as a pedestrian (Road Traffic Act Articles 13-2(6) and 27(1)). The driver must therefore stop temporarily before the crosswalk, or at the stop line if there is one. Walking a bicycle across a crosswalk is the correct method, so there is no reason to warn the person or slip past behind them.
Legal basis: 도로교통법 제27조 제1항, 제13조의2 제6항