[Vision2020] MPD Press Release

[Stephanie Kalasz]

MOSCOW POLICE DEPARTMENT

118 East 4th Street

Moscow, Idaho 83843

Tel: 208-882-COPS    Fax: 208-882-4020

 


PRESS RELEASE

 

 

 

As the weather improves, more people are using bicycles. In an effort to
increase public awareness and reduce the number of vehicle and bicycle
collisions, M.P.D. Officers will be focusing their efforts on specific
traffic codes. The enforcement of the following codes is intended to
improve the safety of Moscow's roadways:

 

-Idaho Code: 49-715, 49-717

Bicyclists must follow most of the same rules assigned to vehicles when
on the roadway. When on the roadway, including bike lanes, bicyclists
may not ride against traffic. 

 

-Idaho Code: 49-723

Bicyclists must use a headlight at night, visible 500 feet to the front.
The light may be attached to rider or bicycle. The bicycle must also be
equipped with a reflector clearly visible to the rear. Headlights are
required for bicycles, even on the sidewalk.


-Idaho Code: 49-702 

Pedestrians must use due caution when crossing roadways. Pedestrians
must make sure to give vehicles adequate time and distance to stop when
stepping into the crosswalk and into traffic.

 

 -Idaho Code: 49-702

 Vehicles: "the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way,
slowing down or stopping, if need be, to yield to a pedestrian crossing
the highway within a crosswalk." 

 

Regardless of your mode of transportation, please make a conscious
effort to look out for bicycles, vehicles, and pedestrians. The Moscow
Police Department's primary goal is not to cite violators; it is to have
fewer traffic collisions. 

 

Please be safe,

 

 

DANIEL L. WEAVER
Prepared by: 

            Chief of Police
Officer Bruce Lovell

 

 

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