The Newport Beach Police Department will conduct a site visitors security operation on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Newport Beach Police Department’s Traffic Division and Peninsula Enforcement Team (PET) are partnering collectively in a joint operation to deal with any unsafe e-bike site visitors with heavy enforcement in addition to training.
This first operation will concentrate on the peninsula space to incorporate the oceanfront boardwalk. Additional e-bike site visitors security operations within the metropolis are anticipated by way of summer time.
Over the final 12 months, the electrical bike business has boomed. E-bikes are actually highly regarded all through Orange County’s Beach Communities, particularly right here in Newport Beach. There has been a dramatic enhance within the variety of e-bikes on the roads, trails, and sidewalks inside our neighborhood. Unfortunately, the NBPD has additionally seen a noticeable enhance in site visitors legislation violations which have brought on some security considerations.
Both the Newport Beach Police Department and the City of Newport Beach repeatedly obtain complaints relating to e-bikes. The complaints embrace things like kids not sporting helmets, unsafe operations, California Vehicle Code (CVC) violations, and close to collisions between e-bike riders and pedestrians.
The final objective of this operation is to encourage the secure and accountable operation of e-bikes. We will accomplish this by closely imposing the legislation in opposition to violators whereas on the similar time educating these e-bike riders on the foundations of the highway in addition to present e-bike site visitors security ideas.
The Newport Beach Police Department believes that this site visitors security operation with each its heavy enforcement and accompanied training will improve the protection of each the residents and guests to our neighborhood.