Triple Crackdown This Weekend In Napa: Drunk Drivers, Scofflaw Cyclists and Pedestrians

News from the Napa Police Department:

Officers from the Napa Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers on Saturday, April 25 between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. Sunday in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and/or arrests.

Napa Police Department Sgt. Brian Campagna said, “This is a ‘Zero Tolerance’ crackdown so Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over!”

Also this weekend: Napa PD will step up Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Saturday April 25, with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

The department has mapped out locations over the past three years where pedestrian and bicycle collisions have occurred along with the violations that led to those crashes.

Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas where bicycle and pedestrian traffic and crashes occur in an effort to lower deaths and injuries.

Officers will be looking for violations made by drivers, bicycle riders and pedestrians alike, including drivers speeding, making illegal turns, failing to stop for signs and signals, failing to yield to pedestrians in cross walks or any other dangerous violation.

Additionally, enforcement will be taken for observed violations when pedestrians cross the street illegally or fail to yield to drivers who have the right of way. Bicycle riders will be stopped and citations issued when they fail to follow the same traffic laws that apply to motorists. All riders are reminded to always wear a helmet – those under 18 years of age must wear helmets by law. Pedestrians should cross the street only in marked crosswalks or at corners.

Funding for both programs is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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