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PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK TASK FORCE
During the month of July, the Los Angeles Police Department South Traffic Division will be conducting vehicle verses pedestrian enforcement details in an attempt to improve pedestrian safety and reducing the number of vehicle vs. pedestrian Traffic Collisions. Several intersections have been identified as having a greater number of these incidents as compared to other intersections throughout the city.
The Purpose of these operations will be to reduce the number of vehicle vs. pedestrian traffic collisions, by specifically enforcing pedestrian related vehicle code violations.
Typical vehicle code violations include:
21954. Pedestrians outside crosswalks
(a) Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway so near as to constitute an immediate hazard.
21955. Crossing between controlled intersections
Between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic controlled by traffic control signal devices or by police officers, pedestrians shall not cross the roadway at any place except in a crosswalk.
21956. Pedestrian walking on roadway
(a) No pedestrian may walk upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district otherwise than close to his or her left-hand edge of the roadway.
Statistical Information:
Currently in 2011 South Bureau has investigated 19 Fatal Traffic Collisions. Of these Traffic Collisions there were a total of 13 Vehicle vs. Pedestrian.
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