[Durham INC] [pac2] Police enforcing pedestrian laws (Herald-Sun)

[Barry Ragin]

Thanks for posting this, John. do you have the link, as i can't seem to 
find the article on the HS website.

Barry Ragin

John Schelp wrote:
> Police enforcing pedestrian laws
> By Molly K. DeWitt, Herald-Sun (Daily News, Jacksonville), 15 June 2009
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> As the city increases efforts toward pedestrian safety, the Jacksonville Police Department is as well.
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> The traffic and patrol divisions of the police department have started enforcing pedestrian safety in recent weeks, said JPD Lt. Tony Campbell, with the traffic division.
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> Traffic officers and community officers pose as pedestrians and bicyclists and cross at various intersections and crosswalks throughout the city as unmarked patrol cars watch from nearby. When drivers don't yield the right of way to the officers posing as pedestrians they are stopped and enforcement action is taken, Campbell said.
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> The infraction entails a fine and court costs. The fine is at the discretion of the judge, Campbell said.
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> "We feel that we're trying to educate people on pedestrian crossing and we're trying to make more people aware of what the laws are and what they're responsible to do when a pedestrian is crossing to try to reduce these fatalities and injuries," he said.
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> During recent pedestrian safety enforcement on Hargett Street, officers issued at least 10 citations within a matter of hours. And at a crosswalk near Jacksonville High School, officers issued between five and eight, Campbell said.
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> "We plan on doing it for a while until people learn that they need to yield to pedestrians," he said.
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> Motorists should be aware that pedestrians or bicyclists crossing within a marked crosswalk or at an intersection have the right of way, but pedestrians also play a role in their own safety, Campbell said.
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> "Pedestrians should follow traffic signals as vehicles do," he said. "Be aware of cars turning right or those that might run a red light in the opposite direction."
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