That's some serious damage
to her car.
>> Announcer: A bicycle's
unfortunate meeting with an SUV.
>> So, I pulled across
the pedestrian crosswalk,
and he hit me.
>> No, Your Honor, she hit me.
She ran into me, which took my
front tire under her car, and
slammed me to the side.
>> Judge Judy: When I see a
red light, I stop.
>> And I did.
>> Judge Judy: And then you
went.
>> Announcer: "Judge Judy."
You may be seated.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Ms. Crawford, you were driving.
>> Yes, I was.
>> Judge Judy: And,
Mr. Winebarger, you were
riding your bicycle.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And there was a
collision.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: And each of you
claim that it was the fault of
the other.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: In what
jurisdiction do you leave?
>> Boise, Idaho, Ada County.
>> Judge Judy: Have you
been riding a bike for
a long time, sir?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You're familiar
with the rules of riding a bike?
>> Absolutely, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: When you ride
your bike, are you supposed to
be going with the flow of
traffic or against it?
>> With the flow of traffic if
there's a bike lane, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: That's what I
always thought -- that bicycles
were supposed to go with the
flow of traffic.
And you realize, sir, that you
are not a pedestrian on a
bicycle?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You're like a
vehicle.
Bearing that in mind, we're
going to start with the date of
this incident and the time.
Ms. Crawford?
>> The date was August 19th.
I was driving home from
running an errand.
>> Judge Judy: What time?
>> 5:30 in the afternoon.
I take care --
>> Judge Judy: So it
was light out?
>> It was light out.
Rush-hour traffic was just
starting.
>> Judge Judy: Would you --
>> You want me to
come over here?
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
>> Okay.
I was on my way home.
Now, this is new.
The stoplight's new.
This used to just be a merge
lane only.
>> Judge Judy: Were there lights
there --
>> There -- this -- on this --
>> Judge Judy: Shh.
>> On this day.
>> Judge Judy: On this day,
there were lights there.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> Freshly painted stop line,
freshly painted crosswalks,
new lights.
So I stopped and looked right
and saw nothing coming.
I went to look left, but the
traffic is up here.
And so I pulled across the
pedestrian crosswalk to look
left to see if I could continue
to go, and he hit me while I was
in the pedestrian crosswalk.
I wasn't really moving.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, there was a stoplight.
>> They put stoplights in
probably a few days
before this happened.
>> Judge Judy: Now, when you
went through, was it a
blinking red light, or --
>> No, it was a full red light.
So I stopped at the stop line
that's newly painted there.
And then, after I looked right,
I tried to look left,
couldn't see left --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
But if there's a red --
You can step back.
If you have a red light,
why are you moving at all?
>> I'm under the impression
that, after you make a full stop
on a red light, that you can go
ahead and make a right-hand turn
if it's safe.
And this, like I said,
had been a merge with no lights
for years and years --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Well, I don't know what your
jurisdiction -- first of all,
that's not a right turn.
That's a merge lane.
>> Well, it's a right-hand turn.
>> Judge Judy: It's a --
It's a lean right.
>> Okay, you can't turn right
on the straight areas.
>> Judge Judy: I understand.
>> Okay.
So I was in the right-hand
thing.
But it used to not have a light.
>> Judge Judy: But it did have a
light.
Shoulda, woulda, coulda.
You know.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: I used to have a
24 waist.
Now it's a 37.
>> Right. But I did --
>> Judge Judy: I'm sorry I don't
have a 24 waist anymore.
But now it's got a red light.
[ Laughter ]
So it has a red light,
and you're supposed to stop
at a red light.
>> Okay. I noticed the red light
because it was brand-new.
>> Judge Judy: Good.
If you notice it, then you stop.
>> I did.
>> Judge Judy: Okay,
but you didn't stop.
You went into the crosswalk.
>> No, I stopped at the white
line and looked right --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
You stopped at the white line
and then you continued despite
the fact -- that's what you're
telling me.
You continued to go --
>> I pulled forward into the
pedestrian crosswalk --
>> Judge Judy: Listen, I don't
know whose fault this is.
But I'm just telling you, some
states allow you to make a right
turn on red.
Some states allow you, if --
That's like a merge lane,
because it's certainly not a
right turn.
But some states allow you to go.
Some states say, once you stop,
look both ways, you can go.
But as far as I'm concerned,
if I don't know, and
I'm in a strange place,
when I see a red light, I stop
until it turns green.
>> I stopped --
>> Judge Judy: But
then you went.
>> Well, I was going to go ahead
and see if I could make the
right-hand turn, and I --
>> Judge Judy: I say
that to you.
>> You can make a right-hand
turn at a red light --
>> Judge Judy: There's no
right-hand turn there.
>> Ma'am...
>> Judge Judy: Ma'am.
>> ...that is a right-hand turn.
>> Judge Judy: No, it isn't.
No, a right-hand turn is where