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Cars Vs. Pedestrians
Posted by:
Shadow
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Date: March 23, 2009 02:51PM
Stepping Out this Spring? Be StreetSmart!
Beginning Monday, March 23, police officers are conducting increased enforcement of pedestrian safety laws at locations across Fairfax County. Enhanced enforcement coincides with the 2009 regional StreetSmart campaign, an annual public education and awareness effort that targets pedestrian and bicycle safety and begins this week.
A 58-year-old Springfield woman, attempting to cross Old Keene Mill Road around 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, was the third pedestrian fatality in Fairfax County in 2009.
Attempting to encourage safe walking and bicycling, officers will issue warnings and citations for the following infractions:
Failure to yield right of way to pedestrians in crosswalks
Improper turns into crosswalks
Failure to obey “No turn on red” while pedestrians are present
Running red lights and stop signs
Failure to obey pedestrian control signals
Highlights of the Fairfax campaign include targeting crosswalk/trail intersections in the Reston area. With over 55 miles of pathways, enjoyed by joggers, bikers and walkers each day, trail safety is a priority for police. Statistical crash analysis from 2007-2008 indicates that there were 24 bicycle and pedestrian crashes in the Reston Police District. Of those, 16 were attributed to the cyclist or pedestrian (10 involved a bicycle, six involved a pedestrian), rather than a motor vehicle. The highest concentration of crashes occurred along Reston Parkway between Sunrise Valley Drive and Wiehle Avenue, on Centreville Road between Coppermine Drive and Parcher Avenue and on Parcher Avenue.
For more information on pedestrian safety in Fairfax County and the regional StreetSmart campaign, go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/pedestrian/ . For more pedestrian safety tips, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police.
Beginning Monday, March 23, police officers are conducting increased enforcement of pedestrian safety laws at locations across Fairfax County. Enhanced enforcement coincides with the 2009 regional StreetSmart campaign, an annual public education and awareness effort that targets pedestrian and bicycle safety and begins this week.
A 58-year-old Springfield woman, attempting to cross Old Keene Mill Road around 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, was the third pedestrian fatality in Fairfax County in 2009.
Attempting to encourage safe walking and bicycling, officers will issue warnings and citations for the following infractions:
Failure to yield right of way to pedestrians in crosswalks
Improper turns into crosswalks
Failure to obey “No turn on red” while pedestrians are present
Running red lights and stop signs
Failure to obey pedestrian control signals
Highlights of the Fairfax campaign include targeting crosswalk/trail intersections in the Reston area. With over 55 miles of pathways, enjoyed by joggers, bikers and walkers each day, trail safety is a priority for police. Statistical crash analysis from 2007-2008 indicates that there were 24 bicycle and pedestrian crashes in the Reston Police District. Of those, 16 were attributed to the cyclist or pedestrian (10 involved a bicycle, six involved a pedestrian), rather than a motor vehicle. The highest concentration of crashes occurred along Reston Parkway between Sunrise Valley Drive and Wiehle Avenue, on Centreville Road between Coppermine Drive and Parcher Avenue and on Parcher Avenue.
For more information on pedestrian safety in Fairfax County and the regional StreetSmart campaign, go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/pedestrian/ . For more pedestrian safety tips, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police.
Re: Cars Vs. Pedestrians
Posted by:
HooLeo
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Date: March 23, 2009 03:48PM
Yep, its that time of year again.
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/materials/html/flyer-019-s.htm
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/materials/html/flyer-019-s.htm
Re: Cars Vs. Pedestrians
Posted by:
MrMephisto
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Date: March 23, 2009 08:49PM
HooLeo Wrote:
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> Yep, its that time of year again.
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> http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/materials/html
> /flyer-019-s.htm
Here, I fixed it.
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13 4826 0948 82695 25847. Yes.
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> Yep, its that time of year again.
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> http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/materials/html
> /flyer-019-s.htm
Here, I fixed it.
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13 4826 0948 82695 25847. Yes.
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Re: Cars Vs. Pedestrians
Posted by:
KeepOnTruckin
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Date: March 23, 2009 09:39PM
found this:
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Re: Cars Vs. Pedestrians
Posted by:
Mmmmm Cars
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Date: March 27, 2009 07:34AM
So judging by the above picture, if you drink Starbucks and wear lime green sweaters you deserve to be hit... They probably saw the shoes he was wearing and gunned the engine