By Lookout Staff
July 17 – In an effort to curb accidents at crosswalks, the Police Department conducted stings at a dozen Santa Monica intersections Thursday, nabbing 120 motorists who failed to yield to pedestrians.
The stings – which consisted of plainclothes officers crossing at a crosswalk, while motorcycle officers waited in the wings – took place during a four-hour stretch that included the busy lunch hou, police officials said.
The officers only cited motorists who drove through a crosswalk when a pedestrian was already crossing the street, and not simply waiting at the curb for the vehicle to stop.
The stings took place at crosswalks where there have been collisions or about which the department has received complaints, police officials said.
“It’s a large campaign so people will see it,” said Jay Trisler, the Police Department spokesman.
The 12 intersections were:
- 1400 2nd. Street
- Ocean Avenue and Alta Avenue
- Main Street and Hollister Avenue
- Main Street and Pier Avenue
- 4th Street and San Vicente Boulevard
- 16th Street and Montana Avenue
- 16th Street and Santa Monica Boulevard
- 18th Street and Wilshire Boulevard
- 18th Street and Ocean Park Boulevard
- 10th and Pico Boulevard
- 22nd and Pico Boulevard
- 31st and Pico Boulevard
