#trafficsafety — Public Fediverse posts

"Three people are killed in one weekend amid dystopian reality of Car Week.”—Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow

Juan Roberto Lopez-Gomez of Gonzales, biking
Brian Roberts of Big Sur, walking
Jerrod Tyson Chapman-Marshall of East SF Bay, riding in a car

https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/local_spin/three-people-are-killed-in-one-weekend-amid-dystopian-reality-of-car-week/article_e9614c2c-4c23-4246-aec6-8e41c5fa10a9.html

#TrafficSafety #CarWeek #MontereyCounty #StreetsAreForEveryone #TrafficDeaths #TrafficFatalities

Brian Roberts of Big Sur killed in Highway 1 pedestrian-vehicle collision. https://www.ksbw.com/article/pedestrian-killed-highway-1-crash-big-sur/73447383

#KSBW
#MontereyCounty #BigSur #Hwy1 #TrafficSafety #Pedestrian

#CarWeek #MontereyCounty Thanks to California Highway Patrol, who took a hit - quite likely preventing harm to someone else. "A Porsche was stopped after going 90 mph in a 55 mph zone. After the driver was pulled over, the Porsche backed into a CHP patrol vehicle, CHP alleges.” - Ricardo Tovar, #KSBW https://www.ksbw.com/article/porsche-four-times-over-legal-limit-backs-patrol-car/73438667 #SpeedLimits #SafeStreets #LawEnforcement #TrafficSafety #DrunkDriver #DUI #alcohol

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

"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

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

Laws Every Scout Should Know

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

Our sympathy to the family and friends of Linda Theresse Munoz of Salinas.

Linda suffered fatal injuries after being struck on her bicycle by a truck, and then by two additional vehicles, while biking in Salinas on March 14.

We have no details on this collision so can’t comment about the circumstances except to say: #KSBW’s report https://www.ksbw.com/article/bicyclist-struck-killed-salinas-california/70760894 mentions she was biking “in dark clothing.” High visibility apparel is not required by law, and while we do suggest it (https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/more-bicycle-safety-gear), being visible can’t protect you from drivers who are texting, speeding, under the influence, etc.—as we experienced and pointed out last week https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/116219787478611800.

We don’t know if Linda’s bicycle had the equipment required by California law for biking in the dark (see #9 in our Calif bike law summary https://bikemonterey.org/wp-content/uploads/Bike-law-summary-2025.pdf).

#MontereyCounty #FatalCollisions #Salinas #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #TrafficSafety

From California Bicycle Coalition/ #CalBike —

Public Safety First: Call to action for District Attorneys and State Attorney General to enforce consumer protection laws against companies selling illegal e-motos as legal e-bikes. https://go.calbike.org/a/public-safety-first

#emotos #ElectricMotorcycles #ebikes #ebike #ConsumerProtection #ActiveTransportation #ClimateAction #PublicSafety #TrafficSafety #Youth #MoreKidsOnBikes

“States can require bicycle and electric bicycle safety training in schools,” e.g., #Minnesota https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/123B.935, as referred to by Matt Moore, general and policy counsel at #PeopleForBikes. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/part-iii-policy-solutions-to-the-e-moto-problem

Education is one of the key components of #California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike partners’ Dec 2024 Statement on E-Bike Safety: https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#YouthEducation #children #teens #transportation #ActiveTransportation #ClimateAction #schools #MoreKidsOnBikes #SafeRoutesToSchool #cycling #biking #ebikes #bicycles #bike #walk #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #TrafficSafety #RoadSafety

"Sadly, an accident [collision] did happen on the first day of school, Tuesday, Aug. 5, when a seventh-grader at Pacific Grove Middle School riding an electric scooter was hit by a car on his way to school.” @pammarino, #MontereyCountyNow
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/there-s-no-law-barring-kids-from-riding-e-scooters-and-e-bikes-but-there/article_f8757c85-e8c3-4728-8377-181d101f2a4a.html

And ICYMI, see our e-bike tips in https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety, including "Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else,” and a Dec 2024 statement from #CalBike, Bicycling Monterey, and other California bicycle advocates: https://bikemonterey.org/california-bicycle-advocates-call-on-elected-leaders-to-protect-e-bike-riders.html

#CalBike #MontereyCounty #TrafficSafety #eScooter #ElectricMotorcycles #ebikes #eMotorcycles

"There's no four-way stop. We're on the corner of the district office, and there's not a school #crosswalk here. There's three hills where people #speed down. We don't have #SpeedBumps. It's just, it's a dangerous intersection.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/pacific-grove-student-injured-scooter-crash/65608797

Also see our post "Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else?” in https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety

#SchoolZones #TrafficCalming #TrafficSafety #SlowSpeedsSaveLives #eScooter #ElectricMotorcycles #ebikes #eMotorcycles #School #BackToSchool

#MontereyCounty #PacificGrove

"What is the 85th Percentile Rule? And why it belongs in the dustbin of transportation history.” From California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike Policy Director Jared Sanchez: https://www.calbike.org/what-is-the-85th-percentile-rule/

#SlowSpeedsSaveLives #SlowStreets #SlowSpeeds #StreetsForAll #ActiveTransportation #cycling #biking #bicycling #TrafficSafety #California #SpeedLimits

California Assembly Bill 1014
#AB1014
#SlowSpeedsSaveLives

Just today a woman who bikes sent me a video showing a motor vehicle as it struck her at the end of West Broadway Urban Village in Seaside. We shuddered to think how much more she’d have suffered if it were going faster.

"So far, the bill has faced no registered opposition and has drawn support from a broad coalition, including the California Bicycle Coalition / #CalBike, Rural County Representatives of California and Streets Are For Everyone. Supervisor Chris Lopez has also shown support for the proposal.” —Report by KYARRA HARRIS in #MontereyHerald

https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/04/28/supervisors-weigh-support-for-traffic-bill-aimed-at-reducing-speed-limits/

#ActiveTransportation #TrafficSafety #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #StreetsAreForEveryone
#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty

Does anyone know more about the status of #PROWAG? I saw that the Final Rule was issued, but MORPC planners told me today that the DOJ is still reviewing PROWAG and it's not yet enforceable?

#ADA #DOJ #FHWA #TrafficSafety

Among numerous updates to Summer Bike Buzz are posts particularly relevant for Californians as well as additional summer (June 21 – Sept 23) bike dates for Monterey County: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-summer-2023-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html.

Also note today's post about Sept 8 - Oct 6 pop-up installation of temporary Safe Routes to School in Soledad, California (English and Spanish fliers available in post): https://bikemonterey.org/soledad-safe-routes-to-schools-temporary-installation-september-8-october-6-2023.html.

#SafeRoutesToSchool #MontereyCounty #Soledad #RutasSegurasALaEscuela #CondadoDeMonterey #bici #bicicleta #caminando #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #Monterey #PublicHealth #EcologyAction #cycling #walking #schools #TrafficSafety #ActiveTransportation

More than 20,000 people died on US roads in the first half of 2021 - Enlarge / Anecdotally, I have never seen as much lawless driving as I h... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1809320 #nationalhighwaytrafficsafetyadministration #trafficdeaths #trafficsafety #roaddeaths #nhtsa #cars