On Monday, October 28, Fort Myers Police Officer Ryan Beiner took your Fort Myers Community Correspondent, Miyoshi Price, to a crosswalk on Cleveland near the Coronado Middle and High School.
Officer Beiner says it’s just one of many congested areas that pose a risk of crashes, especially to pedestrians and people on bicycles…
People like Daryl Shipp, who said he’s had bike crashes in the city before.
Shipp sees it as a problem of infrastructure. He says there aren’t enough sidewalks.
But he added that drivers don’t pay attention to others sharing their roads. “It’s rules to riding the bicycle, just like a car, and you supposed to be on the right side,” said Shipp.
Hear from Daryl Shipp and Officer Beiner by clicking below:
Fort Myers Police is working to reduce pedestrian collisions
That’s why Officer Beiner says the education piece of their operation is so important, and that his team is connecting with drivers whom, they see, hog the road or make other driving errors.
“It actually is more beneficial in both of our parts to just explain what they did wrong to correct that action,” says Beiner.