#trafficsafety — Public Fediverse posts

"'In an ideal world, we would have bike lanes with a physical barrier everywhere. That’s what’s needed. The reason more people don’t bike is primarily the fear of cars, and you can’t blame them.'” https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/can-advocates-make-local-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-drivers/article_5b81d56e-a2c0-4a96-beac-62ee7f601013.html

—Story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss, #MontereyCountyWeekly / #MontereyCountyNow

#infrastructure #BikeTooter #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety #transportation #BikeCommute #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Monterey #California #BikeMonterey

"'In an ideal world, we would have bike lanes with a physical barrier everywhere. That’s what’s needed. The reason more people don’t bike is primarily the fear of cars, and you can’t blame them.'” https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/can-advocates-make-local-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-drivers/article_5b81d56e-a2c0-4a96-beac-62ee7f601013.html

—Story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss, #MontereyCountyWeekly / #MontereyCountyNow

#infrastructure #BikeTooter #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety #transportation #BikeCommute #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Monterey #California #BikeMonterey

“Safety is a shared responsibility, with #drivers holding the greatest responsibility to keep other road users safe. We hope this operation serves as a reminder to everyone to practice due care and to look out for one another.” —” Sergeant Seth Morten, Salinas Police Department

SPD reported issuing sixteen citations for a variety of violations made by drivers during a #bicycle and #pedestrian safety operation on July 28, 2026, 6am-6pm.

-Twelve drivers were cited for violation 21950(a), driver failure to yield
-Two drivers were cited for violation 22350, unsafe speed
-Two drivers were cited for violation 21461(a), failure to obey a sign or signal

#MontereyCounty #LawEnforcement #Salinas #TrafficSafety #SafeStreets #Speeding

“Safety is a shared responsibility, with #drivers holding the greatest responsibility to keep other road users safe. We hope this operation serves as a reminder to everyone to practice due care and to look out for one another.” —” Sergeant Seth Morten, Salinas Police Department

SPD reported issuing sixteen citations for a variety of violations made by drivers during a #bicycle and #pedestrian safety operation on July 28, 2026, 6am-6pm.

-Twelve drivers were cited for violation 21950(a), driver failure to yield
-Two drivers were cited for violation 22350, unsafe speed
-Two drivers were cited for violation 21461(a), failure to obey a sign or signal

#MontereyCounty #LawEnforcement #Salinas #TrafficSafety #SafeStreets #Speeding

Monterey County Weekly / Monterey County Now, July 30 - Aug 5, 2026 issue
https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/index.html.
Cover story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss
“Road Share: Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?" pages 18-22 https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/18/.

Note on pg 22 "More Coverage: CalBike advocates for a universal definition of e-bikes,” with CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey. https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/22/

#MontereyCounty #MontereyBay #California #CalBike #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #TrafficSafety #infrastructure #transportation #cycling #biking #ActiveTransportation #BikeAdvocacy #VisionZero #ebikes #ebike #ElectricBicycles #eMotorcycles #cyclists #pedestrians #PeopleForBikes #MontereyCountyNow

Monterey County Weekly / Monterey County Now, July 30 - Aug 5, 2026 issue
https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/index.html.
Cover story by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss
“Road Share: Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?" pages 18-22 https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/18/.

Note on pg 22 "More Coverage: CalBike advocates for a universal definition of e-bikes,” with CalBike Executive Director Kendra Ramsey. https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/22/

#MontereyCounty #MontereyBay #California #CalBike #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #TrafficSafety #infrastructure #transportation #cycling #biking #ActiveTransportation #BikeAdvocacy #VisionZero #ebikes #ebike #ElectricBicycles #eMotorcycles #cyclists #pedestrians #PeopleForBikes #MontereyCountyNow

Appeals court upholds Judge Perea's decision to hold Kim Skaggs in jail as she awaits trial over a fatal crash in Fairacres.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/appeals-court-keeps-kim-skaggs-jailed-ahead-of-trial/3090854

#NewMexico #KimSkaggs #LasCruces #hitandrun #trafficsafety

Appeals court upholds Judge Perea's decision to hold Kim Skaggs in jail as she awaits trial over a fatal crash in Fairacres.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/appeals-court-keeps-kim-skaggs-jailed-ahead-of-trial/3090854

#NewMexico #KimSkaggs #LasCruces #hitandrun #trafficsafety

Ebikes are "becoming one of the biggest public safety challenges facing our community. Not because e-bikes are inherently dangerous. It’s because too many riders are treating them like toys instead of vehicles. Public safety officials are advising juvenile riders and their parents to get caught up on the rules of the road, and to follow them whether on two wheels or four…. We don’t need to become known as the community that wrote the toughest ordinances. We should become known as the communities that created the safest riders.” https://sanbenito.com/editorial-creating-a-culture-of-e-bike-safety/

#ebikes #eMotorcycles #TrafficSafety #SanBenitoCounty #Hollister #MontereyBayRegion

Ebikes are "becoming one of the biggest public safety challenges facing our community. Not because e-bikes are inherently dangerous. It’s because too many riders are treating them like toys instead of vehicles. Public safety officials are advising juvenile riders and their parents to get caught up on the rules of the road, and to follow them whether on two wheels or four…. We don’t need to become known as the community that wrote the toughest ordinances. We should become known as the communities that created the safest riders.” https://sanbenito.com/editorial-creating-a-culture-of-e-bike-safety/

#ebikes #eMotorcycles #TrafficSafety #SanBenitoCounty #Hollister #MontereyBayRegion

@ascentale Thank you for letting us know, Phil, that Stan is the dad of one of your friends. We read the post by Chloe Behrens https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-stan-heal, and we second your statement: Wish this kind of thing were already designed out of our streets!

Stanley Behrens is not only a local #music legend, he’s also a former member of the band #WAR and a former member of #CannedHeat, among other illustrious music credentials. Some of y’all are too young to recognize those bands’ names. ;)

Stanley co-wrote this song with Willie Dixon, and that’s Stan doing lead vocals. Background vocals by Cash McCall, Zach Prather, and Stan. Billy Mitchel on piano, Welton Gite on bass, Cash McCall on guitar, and Stanley playing the saxophone .https://youtu.be/zsqBvglVK3w?si=E57AKEEYjmKVV2lZ
#Musicians #MusicCares #BikeCrash #BikeTooter #TrafficSafety #infrastructure #ProtectedBikeLanes #TraumaticBrainInjuries

@ascentale Thank you for letting us know, Phil, that Stan is the dad of one of your friends. We read the post by Chloe Behrens https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-stan-heal, and we second your statement: Wish this kind of thing were already designed out of our streets!

Stanley Behrens is not only a local #music legend, he’s also a former member of the band #WAR and a former member of #CannedHeat, among other illustrious music credentials. Some of y’all are too young to recognize those bands’ names. ;)

Stanley co-wrote this song with Willie Dixon, and that’s Stan doing lead vocals. Background vocals by Cash McCall, Zach Prather, and Stan. Billy Mitchel on piano, Welton Gite on bass, Cash McCall on guitar, and Stanley playing the saxophone .https://youtu.be/zsqBvglVK3w?si=E57AKEEYjmKVV2lZ
#Musicians #MusicCares #BikeCrash #BikeTooter #TrafficSafety #infrastructure #ProtectedBikeLanes #TraumaticBrainInjuries

"South Carolina is now one of a dozen states with a statewide safety stop law. The details vary, but the basic principle has spread across red and blue states alike: people on bikes must slow down, yield to anyone with the right of way, and stop whenever safety requires it. Some states apply the rule only to stop signs; others also let riders proceed through red lights after stopping and yielding.” And in #SouthCarolina the bike friendliness extends further: "Right turns on red require slowing and yielding but not a complete stop.”

Thanks to the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike for their helpful chart, which includes:
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Idaho
Minnesota
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
Washington
Also, Anchorage, Alaska and Washington, D.C.

https://www.calbike.org/south-carolina-passed-the-bicycle-safety-stop-whens-our-turn/

Support the work of CalBike https://www.calbike.org/join/ and its local partners here on the #CentralCoast and throughout #California https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/.

#BikeTooter #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety

"South Carolina is now one of a dozen states with a statewide safety stop law. The details vary, but the basic principle has spread across red and blue states alike: people on bikes must slow down, yield to anyone with the right of way, and stop whenever safety requires it. Some states apply the rule only to stop signs; others also let riders proceed through red lights after stopping and yielding.” And in #SouthCarolina the bike friendliness extends further: "Right turns on red require slowing and yielding but not a complete stop.”

Thanks to the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike for their helpful chart, which includes:
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Idaho
Minnesota
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
Washington
Also, Anchorage, Alaska and Washington, D.C.

https://www.calbike.org/south-carolina-passed-the-bicycle-safety-stop-whens-our-turn/

Support the work of CalBike https://www.calbike.org/join/ and its local partners here on the #CentralCoast and throughout #California https://www.calbike.org/about_us/who_we_are/local_partners/.

#BikeTooter #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety

.. och det här är anledningen till varför bilkörning kräver körkort, försäkring och besiktning av fordonet, medans andra slags persontransporter med fordon som cykling eller sparkcyklar inte behöver något utav det.

#cycling #urbanism #trafficsafety

.. och det här är anledningen till varför bilkörning kräver körkort, försäkring och besiktning av fordonet, medans andra slags persontransporter med fordon som cykling eller sparkcyklar inte behöver något utav det.

#cycling #urbanism #trafficsafety

@cainmark #BikeNite A7 For some —but unfortunately not all types of— reflective pant cuff /ankle band straps, using 2 connected may solve issue of 1 being too small for calf of many people. #AllBodiesOnBikes #BikeEquity For example, these distributed free by California Highway Patrol really oughta be longer than 14 inches.

@ascentale @bikenite @juliette @sam

#CaliforniaHighwayPatrol #CaliforniaOfficeOfTrafficSafety #TrafficSafety #inclusive #cycling #biking

@cainmark #BikeNite A7 For some —but unfortunately not all types of— reflective pant cuff /ankle band straps, using 2 connected may solve issue of 1 being too small for calf of many people. #AllBodiesOnBikes #BikeEquity For example, these distributed free by California Highway Patrol really oughta be longer than 14 inches.

@ascentale @bikenite @juliette @sam

#CaliforniaHighwayPatrol #CaliforniaOfficeOfTrafficSafety #TrafficSafety #inclusive #cycling #biking

Kimberly Skaggs is appealing a judge’s decision to hold her in jail as she awaits trial on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/skaggs-appeals-detention-over-vehicle-crash/3079583

#NewMexico #LasCruces #trafficsafety #bicycling #visionzero

Kimberly Skaggs is appealing a judge’s decision to hold her in jail as she awaits trial on charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash and tampering with evidence.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/skaggs-appeals-detention-over-vehicle-crash/3079583

#NewMexico #LasCruces #trafficsafety #bicycling #visionzero

After providing introductory bike-friendly drivers training today—to all youth at the Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center—we made our typical rounds in our county’s seat and largest city. Today that included Acosta Plaza and two local bike shops on our route.

We also stopped to snap photos of some of our favorite infrastructure (short of bikeways with a physical barrier): Bike boxes at intersections, like this one on West Alisal Street at Lincoln Avenue, Salinas.

#transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeInfrastructure #TrafficSafety #MontereyCounty #BikeMontereyCounty #cycling #biking #BikeTooter

After providing introductory bike-friendly drivers training today—to all youth at the Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center—we made our typical rounds in our county’s seat and largest city. Today that included Acosta Plaza and two local bike shops on our route.

We also stopped to snap photos of some of our favorite infrastructure (short of bikeways with a physical barrier): Bike boxes at intersections, like this one on West Alisal Street at Lincoln Avenue, Salinas.

#transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeInfrastructure #TrafficSafety #MontereyCounty #BikeMontereyCounty #cycling #biking #BikeTooter

RE: https://wandering.shop/@epicdemiologist/116818032499908106

Quoting to add hashtags! #Micromobility #TrafficSafety #EBikes #E-scooters #E-motos #ActiveTransportation

RE: https://wandering.shop/@epicdemiologist/116818032499908106

Quoting to add hashtags! #Micromobility #TrafficSafety #EBikes #E-scooters #E-motos #ActiveTransportation

Laws Every Scout Should Know

https://troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/laws-every-scout-should-know/

Laws Every Scout Should Know

https://troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/laws-every-scout-should-know/

This is exactly what @notjustbikes warned us about in his driverless car video. When computers take over the driving, the car lobby will try to eliminate speed limits and chase pedestrians and cyclists off the streets. The term Tesla uses is ”speed offset”, implying that computers don’t need speed limits.

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sverige-sager-nej-till-bred-lansering-av-tesla-system

#trafiksäkerhet #cykla #ingenbakomratten #driverlesscar #trafficsafety #cycling

This is exactly what @notjustbikes warned us about in his driverless car video. When computers take over the driving, the car lobby will try to eliminate speed limits and chase pedestrians and cyclists off the streets. The term Tesla uses is ”speed offset”, implying that computers don’t need speed limits.

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sverige-sager-nej-till-bred-lansering-av-tesla-system

#trafiksäkerhet #cykla #ingenbakomratten #driverlesscar #trafficsafety #cycling

Impact fatal : Un véhicule percute un poteau électrique

A driver who was drunk crashed into an electric pole in Paris today, May 24, 2026. This shows the danger of drunk driving.

#DrunkDriving, #ParisAccident, #TrafficSafety, #May242026, #RoadSafety

https://newsletter.tf/drunk-driver-hits-electric-pole-paris-2026/

A driver crashed into an electric pole in Paris today. This is a serious accident caused by drunk driving.

#DrunkDriving, #ParisAccident, #TrafficSafety, #May242026, #RoadSafety
https://newsletter.tf/drunk-driver-hits-electric-pole-paris-2026/

Lethal Infrastructure: Greenwood’s Recent History of Fatal Traffic Collisions

One person died in a crash on Highway 25 near Riley Road in Greenwood County on Tuesday night. A box truck and pickup truck collided.

#GreenwoodCrash, #Highway25, #FatalCollision, #SouthCarolina, #TrafficSafety

https://newsletter.tf/greenwood-hwy-25-fatal-crash-tuesday-night/

Another person has died in a traffic crash in Greenwood County. This is the third fatal crash in the area since September 2025.

#GreenwoodCrash, #Highway25, #FatalCollision, #SouthCarolina, #TrafficSafety
https://newsletter.tf/greenwood-hwy-25-fatal-crash-tuesday-night/

Pittsburgh Ride of Silence 2026 #visionzero #trafficsafety #rightofway
https://youtube.com/shorts/QrPD3LQHdPk?si=4yqH8Dc-1X8u7V_z

Roanoke to host interactive traffic garden event to promote student traffic safety https://www.allforgardening.com/1698038/roanoke-to-host-interactive-traffic-garden-event-to-promote-student-traffic-safety/ #garden #gardener #gardening #Roanoke #RoanokeCityPublicSchools #TrafficSafety

A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses

https://www.wired.com/story/a-school-district-tried-to-help-train-waymos-to-stop-for-school-buses-it-didnt-work/

#HackerNews #SchoolSafety #Waymo #AutonomousVehicles #EducationInnovations #TrafficSafety #AIinEducation

"85 cyclists detained trying to 'take over' San Francisco's Bay Bridge” https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/california/2026/03/30/california-highway-patrol-stops-85-riders-from-bay-bridge-take-over/89390966007/
#SFBA

In contrast, "Rideout or Rude Out? Make your bike party courteous, safer, legal, and fun” https://bikemonterey.org/rideout-or-rude-out-make-your-bike-party-courteous-safer-legal-and-fun.html

#YouthBike #MoreKidsOnBikes #SpringBreak #BikeParty #AmazingGeneration #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety #freeway

I saw cars, once even a truck, going the wrong way on the highway in Cambodia. But:

1) They were going on the edge of the highway, in the slowest lane.
2) They were going slow
3) They were (usually?) flashing their blinker in the direction out from the highway

Never seen a can going the wrong way on a highway in the fastest lane, unlike in Czechia.

https://tv.idnes.cz/krimi/senior-jet-dalnice-pardubice-protismer.V260327_144831_idnestv_ande

#czechregime #czechculture #czechsociaty #commonsense #czech #czechia #traffic #trafficsafety #highway #wrongway