05/27/2022 | News release | Distributed by Public on 05/27/2022 11:08
San Luis Obispo will conduct a bicycle and pedestrian safety operation May 30 from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. aimed at keeping people out exercising or enjoying the outdoors safe.
The San Luis Obispo Police Department recognizes the need to protect the public by looking for violations made by bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians that make roads unsafe.
These violations include drivers speeding, making illegal turns, failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, failing to stop for signs and signals or any other traffic violation by bike riders or pedestrians.
"Drivers, slow down and allow bicyclists and pedestrians the same access to roads," Sergeant Jeff Booth said. "To protect you and your family, we want to make sure everyone is following rules that keep them safe."
The safety of bicyclists and pedestrians remains a top priority for the San Luis Obispo Police Department. So far this year, the San Luis Obispo Police Department has investigated twenty-one injury collisions involving bicyclists and pedestrians.
To keep you and your family safe, the San Luis Obispo Police Department offers the following tips when out biking, driving, or walking:
PEDESTRIANS
DRIVERS
BICYCLISTS
Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.