tdr1nka said:Keeping going and doging peds is not only bad form but could encourage the following car to go over the crossing too.
I agree. Suppose the car behind is not going to stop though... Whats your alternative?
Cyclecraft says to stay in primary and give a slowing signal when stopping for peds on a crossing when possible, but to give way to a car if it seems unlikely to stop.
Nowhere is there the suggestion that a bike should keep going over a crossing in this situation.
I cycle over a couple of zebra crossings every day. The reason why I don't handle them the way you describe is (1) motorists don't know what the slowing down signal is, (2) if I stop and the car accelerates past then usually I'm faced with the pedestrian having to dodge the car, i.e. ped looks at me, misses the car, nearly gets flattened.
Cycling over the crossing is a bad solution, and I always try to stop if it is safe to do so; there are times when it isn't safe to do so, where going over the crossing is the least bad option.