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Watch Out for Santa Crossing Las Vegas Streets

December 21, 2011

According to a Dec. 20th FOX5 story, “Police officers Tuesday won’t make it too hard for motorists to see them cross streets. Authorities will don red Santa suits to make sure drivers adhere to pedestrian safety rules and allow these Jolly Old foot movers to cross the street. The operation setup by Las Vegas Metro police’s traffic safety bureau is the recent crosswalk event in which officers remind drivers safety rules when it comes to crosswalks. Last month, Metro officers donned turkey suits while crossing crosswalks as part of a campaign leading up to Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the events are in response to the rash of deadly automobile-pedestrian collisions that has run rampant over the fall months…”