Seattle Department of Transportation installs new 'driver report card' signs to promote safe driving

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As part of a public education and awareness campaign, the Seattle Department of Transportation began installing “driver report card” signs at intersections last week with the goal of increasing safe driving behavior.

The move is just the first step in a larger, $350,000 campaign meant to make Seattle drivers understand two things: that 25 mph speed limits save lives, and that every intersection is a crosswalk. The “report card” signs are meant to remind drivers of the second point.

Under state law, every intersection is a legal pedestrian crossing whether there’s a painted crosswalk or not. That means drivers are legally required to stop and allow pedestrians to pass at nearly every intersection. The only exception is if there’s an official sign that says pedestrians cannot cross at that specific location.

The department surveyed 1,000 Seattle residents and found that 70% of respondents said that they always stop for people at intersections with painted crosswalks. Less than 40% of respondents said they always stop for people at intersections without painted crosswalks. But based on its real-time observations of Seattle intersections, the department said those numbers are actually closer to 20% and 10%, respectively.

https://www.seattlepi.com/local/seattlenews/article/Seattle-driver-report-card-signs-17021857.php