Full Notification

The San Pablo Police Department will conduct Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Thursday, July 14^th 2016 with focused enforcement on primary collision factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

The department has identified locations over the past three [3] years where pedestrian and bicycle collisions have occurred, along with the violations that led to those collisions.  Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas where collisions occurred involving bicyclists, pedestrians and vehicles in an effort to lower fatal and injury related collisions.

Officers will be looking for violations made by drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians that can lead to life changing injuries.  Special attention will be directed toward drivers speeding, making illegal turns, failing to stop for signs and signals, failing to yield to pedestrians in cross walks or any other dangerous violation.

Additionally, enforcement will be taken for observed violations when pedestrians cross the street illegally or fail to yield to drivers who have the right of way.  Bicyclists will be stopped and citations issued when they fail to follow the same traffic laws that apply to motorists.  All riders are reminded to always wear a helmet and those under 18 years of age must wear helmets by law.  Pedestrians should cross the street only in marked crosswalks or at corners.

Bicycle and pedestrian fatalities are rising in California as more people use these non-motorized means of transportation.  Locally, the San Pablo Police Department has investigated (1) fatal and (66) injury collisions involving pedestrians and bicyclists during the past three (3) years. In 2013, California witnessed 701 pedestrians and 141 bicyclists killed, accounting for more than 28 percent of all traffic fatalities.

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.