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San Diego police had a day-long crackdown on pedestrians Thursday, and while police said they wouldn’t be handing out many tickets, that turned out not to be true.
Police Hand Out 328 Tickets To Pedestrians Thursday
Aired 3/11/13
San Diego police had a day-long crackdown on pedestrians Thursday, and while police said they wouldn’t be handing out many tickets, that turned out not to be true.
Police handed out 328 tickets to jaywalkers and other pedestrians breaking traffic rules. Those tickets cost about $100 each, said Steve Hutchinson, the police lieutenant running the program.
Hutchinson had said police would mostly be giving out warnings. But it turns out they only gave 81 warnings, not nearly as many as the 328 tickets.
Police also cited 12 bicyclists, 30 drivers, and impounded one car and made one felony arrest.
The idea was to teach pedestrians the rules of the road, Hutchinson said.
There have been 13 accidents in San Diego this year where cars hit pedestrians. The pedestrian was at fault in 10, and six were fatal, Hutchinson said.
The crackdown ran from 7 a.m. to midnight Thursday. Crackdowns will continue at regular intervals throughout the year, Hutchinson said.
He said the next one will be coming soon.
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localgirl | March 8, 2013 at 4:50 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
Sounds like a good money making day for the city. Four times as many tickets as warnings. Give me a break.
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mclanea | March 8, 2013 at 5:29 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
Absolutely ridiculous. As I shared on the related article, this is part of the same pattern I observed downtown since fall 2011. Today it was jaywalking, tomorrow it'll be $100 tickets for not curbing your tires on Kettener, next week it'll be something else. If the city wants to raise revenue they should put forward a new tax instead of issuing tickets for such things.
This small business owner now happily works from home, thereby avoiding a ticket for not putting in all of my quarters in the meter with the head facing to the left.
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ibcalif | March 8, 2013 at 5:57 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
I wonder how many were tourists.
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Tomasz | March 8, 2013 at 9:01 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
Money making machine or not, if you guys where one of the seven pedestrians that got hit, or family members or friends of the six that got killed or the drivers that hit the pedestrians, would YOU be saying the same thing? Don't they have the right to reinforce the Already STATED rules?.
Is it hard to be a law abiding citizen?
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jimellis1103 | March 8, 2013 at 11:10 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
Purpose was to educate the public? Baloney. Sounds like the immature parent who - unable to be a true mentor - tries to teach a child a lesson with a punishment. Here's the difference though: the immature parent DOESN'T MAKE MONEY on the deal.
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jackleebailey | March 9, 2013 at 1:09 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
The parent anology is erronious. Parents can ground or scold their children and it is actually significant to the child. We arrogant citizenry would not even begin to pay attention to scolding from law enforcement.
Police, therefore, must use the tools at their disposal - fines. For those so bothered by the idea of monetary penalty for violating rules of the road for pedestrians and cyclists, those people need only be respectful of the rules. By doing so they would easily avoid said fines, and they would not be upsetting traffic.
Of course, if a person would rather get run over by a car because they are jaywalking, more power to 'em. According to this article, 10 out of 13 pedestrians who got struck by cars were at fault.
It really is that simple.
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Anon11 | March 10, 2013 at 8:13 p.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
The police sat and watched people commit these allegedly dangerous crimes, and then ticketed them after the fact.
**If jaywalking was a real danger, why wouldn't the police offer a proactive education instead of a reactive one (with a harsh monetary penalty attached to it)?**
This was about generating revenue, which is exactly what they accomplished.
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Mmikey | March 11, 2013 at 9:33 a.m. ― 3 months, 1 week ago
A better location would be at some of the east county schools where we see immigrant parents teaching their kids to j walk every morning.
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