I hate driving past the engineering campus at commute hours. So many cyclists around there who do NOT behave predictably or even legally. Had to stop there this morning, then up to my own campus, so took the car. Leaving campus 1 I was just feet from a crosswalk when a cyclist -- with no helmet! -- darted straight off the sidewalk from my left and crossed right in front of me. Luckily my reflexes hitting the brakes were good enough, but then I froze up and didn't manage honk or roll down my window to explain some traffic laws and laws of physics to him before he sped away. On wheels you do NOT have the right of way in a crosswalk! There is a reason for this. You might think a driver in a car would be happy that you're out of his/her way faster than if you were walking, but you also get IN his/her way faster. The car might not be able to stop in time . On wheels you are supposed to follow the same rules as other wheeled traffic. In Norway, that means that the vehicle coming from the left YIELDS to the vehicle coming from the right. So for both those reasons, I'd have been legally in the clear if I'd hit the guy ... but I'd have had to live with the horror the rest of my life. I think I need to insert a lecture on traffic sense to all my classes from now on, regardless of subject. Maybe even include it in the exams. Jeez!