OCEAN CITY -- In the midst of a summer marred by several high-profile and unpleasant incidents, a bright spot has been the apparent decline in the number of pedestrian collisions along Coastal Highway, a decline local officials hope is the result of an aggressive public service message campaign.
Through the end of July, there have been 16 reported pedestrian-vehicle collisions compared to a reported 31 through the same period last year. The difference represents a reduction of 47 percent thus far through the end of July and Ocean City Police believe the dramatic decline is due in large part to the multi-pronged plan of action for improved pedestrian safety this summer in the wake of a number of tragic, often fatal collisions in recent years.
Last winter, the State Highway Administration (SHA), in cooperation with the town of Ocean City and its police department, identified a handful of known trouble spots for pedestrian-vehicle collisions and made improvements to the signage and signal timings at the troublesome locations. Perhaps more importantly, SHA and the town of Ocean City, along with the private sector business community joined forces with an aggressive “Walk Smart” public safety message program to get the word out about the importance of using the crosswalks for pedestrians and the equally important vigilance on the part of motorists in the resort to watch out for pedestrians in all areas.
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7 comments:
Great is I didn't have to breath their operator's 2nd hand smoke. Barf! Great Government!
Your downtown neighbor has sold for 9 million and I had to find out elsewhere.
Looking behind this, we should realize that there is a parallel decrease is the number of people in OC this summer.
Exactly 7:41. Maybe the weather or parking price gouging has something to do with this.
These silly public announcements are done for what reason? Drive on coastal highway to be safe, but take your family to the boardwalk and get beat up, or see drugs deals going down right in front of you, or watch the nightly thugs troll the boards! Nice control Rick!
I hear jersey shores are having an awesome summer.....looks like the word is out about Delmarva ...come here and get ripped off, robbed at gunpoint,beat,or propositioned by a hooker.....the numbers don't lie.
Yeah 12:44. We all know the common denominator. Look at oc in the 60's and 70's then look at it now. Enough said?
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