BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — California Highway Patrol officers were out teaching pedestrian safety on the streets of east Bakersfield and Oildale Friday afternoon.
On Sep. 6, officers posed as civilians crossing streets and if drivers stopped they were obeying the law, if they didn’t they were pulled over.
“The ultimate goal of this is to hopefully reduce the amount of vehicle vs. pedestrian crashes down to zero,” said Eric Scott, a CHP officer. “Then, in the ones that we unfortunately can’t stop or prevent, we want to minimize the severity of those type of crashes.”
The crackdown took place Friday morning at Niles and Webster streets in east Bakersfield and Plymouth Avenue and Roberts Lane in Oildale.
“They are a high traffic area for foot traffic,” Scott said. “As you see on this intersection, they did not only install a crosswalk but they also have the lighted crossing signals.”
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