Similar to the recent Pedestrian Safety program held in Lakewood, the Howell Township Police Department will begin conducting “zero tolerance” enforcement specifically targeting motor vehicle violations that are hazardous to pedestrian travel such as speeding, careless driving, traffic signal violations, etc.
Motorists are required to STOP for pedestrians in a marked crosswalk or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection and must remain stopped until said pedestrian(s) finishes crossing.
Pedestrians are also reminded that they are to obey pedestrian traffic control systems at intersections if they are present and cross only when advised too.
Enforcement locations will be random throughout the Township and decoy operations will be utilized as well on various dates and times.
The funding for the program was provided by the New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Grant. [TLS]
let me guess, they will be stopping cars right outside the lakewood boarder where all the stores are. chevrah dont go to howell its not worth it!
This law needs some sort of amendment.moterist are short stopping and pedestrians are waving the cars to keep going and no one seems to know what to do.
Also many of the cross walks are faded and its hard to know when it’s a cross walk and when it’s not.
They should have what they have in Toronto – cross walks with an illuminated sign indicating crosswalk.
Right now, it’s like peek-a-boo.