By Chase Cook, Capital Gazette <\/p>\n
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\nBetween 2013 and 2015 there were 114 crashes involving pedestrians and motorists in Annapolis. These included people on foot, bicycles and mopeds. Of the 114 accidents, 28 happened in a crosswalk and in 40 of the accidents the pedestrian was at fault.
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“Look Up, Look Out will play a vital role in helping save lives,” Pantelides said Thursday at a news conference.
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The Annapolis Police Department will focus on issuing citations and warnings in pedestrian and motorist interactions. These include citations like failing to use a crosswalk for pedestrians and failing to yield for a pedestrian in a crosswalk for motorists.
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https:\/\/www.capitalgazette.com\/news\/annapolis\/ph-ac-cn-pedestrian-safety-annapolis-1027-20161027-story.html<\/p>\n
[B’Spokes: There is a lot I want to say here. Let’s say at fault information is correct, that’s peds fault 20% of the time, assuming that the police got the law right. IMHO which is doubtful if police are only driving (windshield perspective). I would guess that the percentage of peds at fault would actually be lower if the following was well understood and enforced, Surprising aspects of law:
\nhttps:\/\/www.baltimorespokes.org\/article.php?story=20120724122923346
\nWhich is to say most of the time there is no legal requirement to use marked crosswalks.] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Chase Cook, Capital Gazette … Between 2013 and 2015 there were 114 crashes involving pedestrians and motorists in Annapolis. These included people on foot, bicycles and mopeds. Of the 114 accidents, 28 happened in a crosswalk and in 40 of the accidents the pedestrian was at fault. … “Look Up, Look Out will play … <\/p>\n