[RP TownTalk] Pedestrian Safety

[Kirsten]

We need this sort of operation on Belcrest road across from Prince George's Plaza metro station.  There is a pedestrian walkway before the actual intersection of Belcrest and East West Highway, but there is less than a 5% chance that cars will actually stop on any given day.  There is a sign posted and claims, in the Gazette, that this is monitored, but I have never seen any officers around.  

Thanks, Kirsten
 


--- On Fri, 6/6/08, Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Sarah Wayland <sarah.wayland at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Pedestrian Safety
To: "annelbv" <annelbv at yahoo.com>
Cc: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 11:53 AM

Actually, there was an operation Just Like This at the corner of
East-West Highway and Adelphi Road a couple of months ago. A number of
motorists who turned right from E-W Highway failed to yield to
pedestrians who would step into the crosswalk just as the "Walk" sign
started flashing. There were 4-5 cars pulled off to the side getting
tickets when Alan drove past....

-Sarah


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:26 AM, annelbv <annelbv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The local police should do something like this around here and send a
clear
> message that a pedestrian's life does matter!
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