San Diego Police Department will step up pedestrian safety enforcement operations on Tuesday, Jan. 31 with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists and pedestrians. \u00a0Routine traffic patrols will focus efforts in trouble spots while special targeted patrols will also be deployed to crackdown on drivers and pedestrians who violate traffic laws meant to protect all roadway users.
\nThe department has mapped out locations over the past 3 years where pedestrian involved collisions have occurred along with the violations that led to those crashes. Officers will be looking for traffic offenses made by drivers and pedestrians alike that can lead to life changing injuries.\u00a0Special attention will be directed toward drivers speeding, making illegal turns, failing to stop for signs and signals, failing to yield to pedestrians in cross walks or any other dangerous violation.\u00a0 Additionally, enforcement will be taken for observed violations when pedestrians cross the street illegally or fail to yield to drivers who have the right of way.\u00a0Pedestrians should cross the street only in marked crosswalks or intersections.
\nPedestrian fatalities are rising in California as more people use non-motorized means of transportation. Locally, San Diego Police Department has investigated over 250 fatal and injury collisions involving pedestrians during the past three (3) years. In 2013, California witnessed 701 pedestrian deaths accounting for over 23 percent of all roadway fatalities, much higher than the national average of 15 percent. A national study reveals that pedestrians and drivers do not obey laws and signals consistently and many often use cell phones, text and listen to music while walking or driving. Only 60 percent of pedestrians said they expected drivers to stop when they were in crosswalks, even though they have the right-of-way.\u00a0 The following safety tips can save lives and stop this tragedy witnessed far too often in San Diego Drivers can:
\nLook out for pedestrians, especially in hard-to-see conditions such as at night or in bad weather.
\nSlow down and be prepared to stop when turning or entering a crosswalk where pedestrians are likely to be.
\nStop at the crosswalk stop line to give drivers in other lanes an opportunity to see and yield to the pedestrians too. Be cautious when backing up \u2013 pedestrians, especially young children, can move across your path. Pedestrians can:
\nBe predictable. Follow the rules of the road, cross at crosswalks or intersections, and obey signs and signals.
\nWalk facing traffic and as far from traffic as possible if there is no sidewalk.
\nPay attention to the traffic moving around you. This is not the time to be texting or talking on a cell phone.
\nMake eye contact with drivers as they approach. Never assume a driver sees you.
\nWear bright clothing during the day and reflective materials (or use a flashlight) at night.
\nLook left-right-left before crossing a street. Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
San Diego Police Department will step up pedestrian safety enforcement operations on Tuesday, Jan. 31 with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists and pedestrians. \u00a0Routine traffic patrols will focus efforts in trouble spots while special targeted patrols will also be deployed to crackdown on drivers and pedestrians who violate traffic laws meant to […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":283362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11561","_seopress_titles_title":"Pedestrian safety enforcement\/education detail in San Diego on Jan. 31","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[12360,11551,11561],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duplicate","category-news","category-peninsula-beacon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}