[SDCBC] Good article on bicycle scofflaws

[Bicyclist]

I believe that this study, cited below, has largely been debunked... 
but this is a list-server for bicycling concerns so... enough said?

At 06:45 PM 1/5/2007, Neal Henderson wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>Pedestrian Crosswalks 
>....... 
><http://www.azdot.gov/highways/Traffic/XWalk.asp>http://www.azdot.gov/highways/Traffic/XWalk.asp 
>
>
>FOREWORD
>
>The Arizona Department of Transportation's crosswalk policy is based 
>on research conducted over a seven-year period by the City of San 
>Diego. The San Diego approach to evaluating crosswalk needs, which 
>resulted from that research, has resulted in that city being 
>consistently ranked as the safest pedestrian city in the nation. The 
>San Diego study showed traffic engineers that nearly six pedestrian 
>accidents were occurring in marked crosswalks for every one mishap 
>in unmarked crosswalks (those unpainted crosswalks that exist by 
>State law at all intersections). (emphasis added) When this ratio 
>was adjusted in terms of relative crosswalk usage, there was still 
>an impressive 2 to 1 difference in accidents.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Neal
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