Undercover Cops Nab Drivers Who Won't Stop For Peds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25707777/

Police pose as pedestrians to nab errant drivers
The undercover operation is designed to promote crosswalk safety
	

updated 4:49 p.m. MT, Wed., July. 16, 2008

CHICAGO - So why did Officer Grace Delgado try to cross the road? To 
remind motorists that they must stop whenever someone steps off the curb 
into a crosswalk.

In an unusual undercover operation, Delgado posed as a pedestrian on a 
busy street while fellow officers waited for drivers to barrel past her 
in violation of a law that requires them yield at crosswalks, even if 
there is no stop sign.

Chicago this year joined a growing number of big cities and small towns 
that are sending officers into traffic to make motorists pay more 
attention to pedestrians.

"People, they don't care," said Delgado, whose bright pink baseball hat 
and orange blouse made her especially tough to miss. "It's 'Get out of my 
way.' The whole mentality is 'Get out of my way.'"

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Ticket most effective enforcement tool
Officers gave motorists a brief lecture about the law, then sent relieved 
drivers on their way. But police understand that the only thing more 
effective than a lecture from a police officer is a lecture and a ticket.

"If there's really no threat of getting a ticket for it, you're not going 
to really pay attention," said officer Chuck Trendle, who was working 
with Delgado.

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I like this idea and wish they'd hit these deadly drivers with a $1000 
fine but i do see one problem.  Stupid kids with no intention of crossing 
the street are gonna start stepping into the crosswalk just to force 
people to stop and that will  cause jams.