""I was riding my bike crossing the crosswalk in front of the Commander, and an oncoming car looked like it was slowing down but did not," Usher says, who suffered a concussion and broken pelvis from the accident. "People go pretty quickly there, but regardless it was a crosswalk so the driver should have stopped."
A Step in the Right Direction?
One effort to reduce such problems has been undertaken by the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP), a national coalition that seeks to ensure transportation safety.
STPP's new campaign stresses enforcement of existing traffic safety laws by police and education of motorists about the rights of pedestrians, explained STPP analyst Michelle Garland.
But responsibility is not merely on the shoulders of drivers says Sergeant Jack Albert of the CPD.
"Pedestrians also have to be reasonable in their expectations, they can't just jump out into traffic and expect cars to stop for them," he says.
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