Police Operation Aimed At Motorists Ends Up Ticketing Pedestrians

CHARLOTTE, NC -- After receiving complaints that drivers weren’t yielding to pedestrians in uptown Charlotte, police launched an operation Tuesday morning to catch violators. They found, however, that most of the violators of pedestrian/vehicle laws weren’t in vehicles, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said afterward.

The two-hour police operation, dubbed “Watch For Me,” began at 8 a.m. at the intersection of West Trade Street and South Graham Street, an area CMPD said it chose based upon complaints about cars failing to yield to pedestrians.

CMPD issued 63 pedestrian/vehicle violations during the operation, it said Tuesday afternoon. “The majority of the warning citations were given to pedestrians who were crossing against the electronic pedestrian signals at the intersections,” CMPD said.

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Here is a list of the types of charges CMPD issued during the Sept. 19 operation:

• Stop light - 6
• Seatbelt - 6
• Driving while license revoked - 4
• Expired tag - 11
• Other - 4
• Watch For Me Warning (pedestrian/motor vehicle violations) - 63

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