PHILADELPHIA POLICE STARTS ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN
Unlawful vehicle behavior to be targeted in Center City
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PHILADELPHIA - November 19, 2009. The
Bicycle Coalition's Education Department sat down with Captain Wilson from the
Philadelphia Police 9th District today (November 19, 2009). This
meeting confirmed that Police intend to begin an enforcement and education
campaign beginning tomorrow, November 20, 2009. The campaign will focus on
egregious actions of motorists and cyclists in the Center City
area.
Bicycle
police officers from the 9th, 6th and Center City
Districts will be on the streets enforcing the rules of the road in Center City.
In addition to other violations, the Police will be stopping bicyclists riding
on the sidewalk, not stopping at red lights or stop signs and riding the wrong
way in the road. The Police Department will also have vehicle units out on
Spruce and Pine Streets ticketing motorists who are driving in, or illegally
double parking in the bike lane or driving aggressively.
In response to this enforcement campaign, the Bicycle Coalition will have
Bicycle Ambassadors out on the streets helping to educate bicyclists who may
not know the rules of the road and provide tips for riding in traffic. The Bicycle Ambassadors are a team
of adult safety educators working to make bicycling better in the City of Philadelphia. Bicycle Ambassadors encourage adult
bicyclists to ride more often and ride more safely as well as educate motorists
on the rules of the road and provide tips for sharing the road. For more information on the Bicycle
Ambassadors, please visit www.bicycleambassadors.org.
Please
be advised that this is not a warning period and tickets will be issued. Safety
education coupled with enforcement, applied equitably to all road users, is the
first step to improve safety for all.
Please
read below for violations and associated fines provided by the Police
Department.
Vehicle
Code Violations:
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3112-A-3i- Disregard
Traffic Signal ($119.50)
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3112-A-3ii-Turn on Red, Fail to Stop/Yield
Pedestrian/Traffic ($119.50)
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3308-B- Wrong Way
1-Way ($119.50)
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3323-B- Disregard
Stop Sign ($119.50)
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3323-C- Disregard
Yield Sign ($119.50)
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3345-A- Improper
Passing of a School Bus ($364.50)
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3542-A- Failure
to Yield to Pedestrian in crosswalk court ($119.50)
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3711-A- Clinging
to a Moving Vehicle ($119.50)
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3714- Careless
Driving ($119.50)
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3736-A- Reckless
Driving ($294.50)
Philadelphia
Traffic Ordinances:
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Riding a Bicycle on a Sidewalk ($54.00)
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 The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia is a 1,600-member organization that makes bicycling better by promoting the bicycle as a healthy, low-cost and environmentally friendly form of transportation and recreation. www.bicyclecoalition.org
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