OP here. Do I have a leg to stand on if I say I didn't run a red light but rode in the crosswalk? I never went into moving traffic I began crossing on the side of the road I was on in the crosswalk. Would that still be considered running the red light?

Hello, I was recently riding my bike on the road as is the law, I needed to make a left turn and the light was red so I turned left onto the pedestrian crosswalk to go across with the green light as it is impossible to make a left turn on a 4 lane road on a bike. I was then hit by a car who was turn...