tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post2852264329132464515..comments2023-07-24T04:54:44.970-07:00Comments on SoapBoxLA: CityWatchLA - Inside the Crosswalk Sting at Deadly IntersectionStephen Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423782294035596253noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-57133881806095711792009-04-12T11:42:00.000-07:002009-04-12T11:42:00.000-07:00in washington state there's a number you can call ...in washington state there's a number you can call to report carpool lane violators (764-HERO). anybody can call and report another vehicle that is violating the carpool lane - the owner of the vehicle that has been reported ends up getting a letter in the mail (no citation, of course) saying they have been reported by someone else and they should be careful. if they ever get pulled over for a Andrew Cencinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819139971736686927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-75217959571691137152009-04-11T06:29:00.000-07:002009-04-11T06:29:00.000-07:00The bulk of motorists will never learn. In Norfolk...The bulk of motorists will never learn. In Norfolk, VA they have "boxed" intersections, it is clearly posted that if you are in the boxed section after your light turns red there is a $150 (IIRC) fine, this is an attempt to minimize gridlock. Two to three days a week officers hand out many tickets because motorists are bound and damn determined they WILL make it through the intersection on this 2whls3spdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16954543886269776858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30696973.post-84859536042665931222009-04-10T12:04:00.000-07:002009-04-10T12:04:00.000-07:00I'm 100% for making better conditions for crossing...I'm 100% for making better conditions for crossing the streets. But I don't feel dishing out 100 tickets on day X is going to make me feel any safer crossing the street on day Y.<BR/><BR/>Why don't we take those officers salaries and instead of paying them to write tickets, we build a few pedestrian bulb outs? Or just paint some human-scaled details on the crosswalks... or add some texturing toMike Fogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486644683442406384noreply@blogger.com