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Uploaded: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 11:11 AM
Menlo Park police get traffic safety grant
$30,000 grant will fund training and enforcement initiatives
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by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff
The Menlo Park Police Department now has $30,000 to apply toward making the city's roads safer, thanks to a state grant.
The grant, obtained from the California Office of Traffic Safety, will be used "for a year-long program aimed at preventing deaths and injuries on our roadways through special enforcement and public awareness efforts," the department announced Nov. 14.
Those efforts include impaired-driving recognition and enforcement training, DUI saturation patrols, distracted-driving enforcement, and other initiatives, according to the department.
While traffic deaths declined by nearly 39 percent between 2006 and 2010 in California, according to the announcement, state and federal officials anticipate a slight rise in 2011. DUI deaths account for nearly 30 percent of traffic fatalities, but distracted driving and impaired driving incidents are increasing.
"Despite the recent increases, California's roadways are still very much safer than they were before 2006," said OTS Director Christopher Murphy. "The Menlo Park Police Department will be keeping the pressure on through enforcement and public awareness so that we can continue saving lives and reach the vision we all share – toward zero deaths, every one counts."
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Posted by menlores, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Nov 15, 2012 at 12:36 pm
menlores is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online Is there a possibility for some of those funds to be used to enforce the no cell phone use in the downtown area?
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Posted by David Roise, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood, on Nov 17, 2012 at 4:18 pm And to enforce stopping at stop signs. It doesn't seem like anyone respects stop lines any more--they seem to be treated by most drivers as "yield lines", at best.
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Posted by can't see, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood, on Nov 20, 2012 at 8:14 am How about enforcing sight triangles at corners?
Not only are many bushes interfering with lines of sight, some trees are growing in the areas where nothing above a couple feet should be allowed. These compound the dangers of motorists who don't stop where they should, endangering pedestrians, bikers, and other motorists.
The problems exist downtown and in almost every neighborhood.
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Posted by resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Nov 21, 2012 at 9:03 am Please don't park oversized vehicles like SUVs, trucks, or minivans near crosswalks. They block drivers' vision so they cannot see pedestrians, especially when they are distracted to begin with.
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Posted by Scholar, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on Nov 21, 2012 at 1:50 pm There are lots of speeders on Sharon Road between Alameda and Sharon Park Drive, and many on cell phones too. There is a school there and kids walking. Would like to see an antimatter laser ray to deflate the tires and a microwave radio control to apply the brakes and an RF jammer to cut off the cell phone calls of speeders. Or at least some better speed limit signs.
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