Police ticket 30 drivers for bike, pedestrian violations in downtown Santa Rosa

If you were among those drivers ticketed downtown Thursday, you weren’t alone.|
MARY CALLAHAN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

If you were among those drivers ticketed in downtown Santa Rosa on Thursday for violating pedestrian or bicycle rights-of-way or related offenses, you weren’t alone.?Law enforcement officers issued 30 such citations, as well as 23 others, over the course of a four-hour operation designed to improve bike and pedestrian safety, Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Mike Numainville said.

The special operation involved 13 officers from Santa Rosa, Windsor and Petaluma police departments, as well as the CHP.

Offenses included right-of-way violations, as well as illegal use of cell phones, failure to yield and failure to use safety belts, police said.

You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 521-5249 or mary.callahan@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @MaryCallahanB.

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