Posts Tagged: safety

Calling all bike (or pedestrian) commuters

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From a story in the SC Sentinel: Police spokesman Zach Friend said the department receives funding from the state Office of Traffic Safety to run pedestrian safety operations cracking down on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. The department also addresses jaywalking during these operations. Friend said that people who want to… Read more »

Bike/pedestrian rant for January ’08

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What about not blocking the entire width of the crosswalk do drivers not understand? I barely escaped the Branciforte/Soquel intersection with my life. And if you, dear driver, ended up blocking it ’cause you didn’t realize that the heavy traffic was not going to magically speed up for you, then why didn’t you at least… Read more »