I am in a wheelchair and today a UW transport van wasn't going stop
while I was crossing in a crosswalk by the Nat and on Friday last week
a metro bus didn't stop while I was attempting to cross. I had to stop
in the middle of the crosswalk and wait for the bus. The driver didn't
even slow down. I backed up in my wheelchair and was worried that
traffic from the other side would start going...
I am not sure of a baseball bat but I would love video or phone camera
that could be uploaded quickly to the police dept.
On Sep 24, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Eric Westhagen wrote:
Not so fast. Neither you nor I were at the pedestrian stings. I
would expect that a "cross-walk" person must be totally out of the
crosswalk--not just out of the line of traffic. And the sting might
have been conducted on that basis.--------So, wait for the sting
about bicycles stopping on empty streets with stop signs---empty of
anything--but a hiding police person. Would you then claim there
should be baseball bats for hitting bicycles?
EW
burleigh chorus.net wrote:
FTA:
"As a pedestrian decoy for the Madison Police Department, Officer
Derrick Jones has had close encounters with many vehicles whose
drivers failed to stop for him as he crossed busy city streets
during targeted enforcement operations.
But Jones had just gotten off duty on Sept. 11 and was walking to
his vehicle when he was hit in the middle of a crosswalk".
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/article_17588ca8-a850-11de-8a34-001cc4c002e0.html
"So far this year, the TEST unit has issued 95 citations to drivers
for failing to yield to a pedestrian, most resulting from
enforcement operations, Tripke said."
Just 95 this year? I bet they could get 95 in a single day!
At the risk of sounding extremist, I will reiterate my suggestion
that we replace those 'red flags' at intersections with baseball
bats.
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-darin
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