{"id":52171,"date":"2014-05-30T16:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=52171"},"modified":"2014-06-03T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:36:38","slug":"chp-operation-enforces-bicycle-pedestrian-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/05\/30\/chp-operation-enforces-bicycle-pedestrian-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP operation enforces bicycle, pedestrian safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An elderly female rider was pulled over and warned for cruising through a stop sign near Joe Walker Middle School on 57th Street West and Avenue L-8.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

QUARTZ HILL \u2013 Local California Highway Patrol officers were in Quartz Hill this morning cracking down on law breaking bicyclists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor pedestrians, we\u2019re making sure they\u2019re crossing where they\u2019re supposed to be crossing; and for bicyclists, we\u2019re making sure they\u2019re riding on the right side of the road, obeying the stop signs, obeying the red lights, and not riding directly in front of the vehicles,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cSafety is everybody\u2019s responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The enforcement operation was aimed at promoting education and awareness in order to reduce the number of pedestrians and bicyclists killed and injured in collisions, according to Hernandez.<\/p>\n

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The majority of violators were given warnings and traffic safety brochures rather than citations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With education as the main goal, the majority of violators were given warnings and traffic safety brochures rather than citations.<\/p>\n

In less than 45 minutes Friday morning, Hernandez alone had issued four warnings for various violations, including jaywalking, running stop signs, and parking against the flow of traffic.<\/p>\n

Friday afternoon, the CHP\u2019s pedestrian and bicycle education and enforcement operation targeted lawbreakers in the unincorporated area near east Palmdale, according to Hernandez.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaces where we\u2019ve had crashes or complaints from the community regarding pedestrians and bicyclists disobeying the rules of the road,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The operation ended with 50 law enforcement contacts and two citations issued to drivers who ran stop signs, Hernandez said.<\/p>\n

Law breakers warned<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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CHP Officer K.D. Wheeler stopped a bicyclist for riding on a sidewalk on 50th Street West near Columbia Way. The rider was given a warning and a bicycle safety brochure. \u201cHe needs to be riding in the bicycle lane,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A service truck driver was warned for parking against the flow of traffic on 50th Street West near Avenue L-8. \u201cParking on the wrong side of the road can actually be a dangerous situation for a pedestrian or for a bicyclist, because they\u2019re not expecting this vehicle to pull out coming in their direction,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A female driver was pulled over for rolling through a stop sign near George Lane Park on 55th Street West and Avenue L-8. She told CHP Officer Gil Hernandez she had a lot on her mind. \u201cI understand, but right now you need to focus on what you\u2019re doing, which is driving,\u201d Hernandez told the woman, before letting her off with a warning. \u201cIs it against the law? Yes. But our goal is educate,\u201d Hernandez said.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Two pedestrians were warned near 50th Street West and Avenue M-8. \u201cThey\u2019re jaywalking with the traffic signal 50 feet away from them,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThey think that we\u2019re just messing with them, but ultimately our goal is to keep them safe,\u201d Hernandez added.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Find bicycle riding safety tips at http:\/\/www.chp.ca.gov\/html\/bicycleriding.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

QUARTZ HILL \u2013 Local California Highway Patrol officers were in Quartz Hill this morning cracking down on law breaking bicyclists and pedestrians. \u201cFor pedestrians, we\u2019re making sure they\u2019re crossing where they\u2019re supposed to be crossing; and for bicyclists, we\u2019re making sure they\u2019re riding on the right side of the road, obeying the stop signs, obeying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}