Wednesday morning marked a grim milestone in San Jose with the 30th fatal pedestrian accident in the city. That is an all-time high with two months left in the year
. That is an all-time high with two months left in the year.
The city's transportation department reduced speed limits along some business corridors, but San Jose police say due to short staffing, they might not have enough officers to help with enforcement."We know that crossing the street is a big challenge in San Jose. This city was built to be convenient to get around fast in a car," says Colin Heyne, the spokesperson for San Jose's transportation department. He says the number one factor in fatal crashes is speed.
"These corridors with the exception of Santa Clara Street are not our high crash, high fatality corridors. And any tool that we can take advantage of to lower speed limits anywhere in San Jose, we're going to do that," says Heyne. "The challenge for us is that 10 years ago, we had 50 traffic officers. Today we have 14. Sometimes citing people for violations is what's needed to change someone's driving behavior," says Sgt. Christian Camarillo with the San Jose Police Department.
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