Every once in awhile, the police department shoots an email to Council members on the city's special Pedestrian Safety Committee to inform us about yet another "sting" operation aimed at driver's who fail to yield to pedestrians crossing at street corners. Well, another one happened on March 27 when police issued 53 citations to drivers failing to yield to pedestrians at 41st and Stone Way North in the north police precinct and at Martin Luther King Way at East Alder Street in the east precinct. On average, during these operations one third of all pedestrian crossings resulted in a failure to yield the right of way to a pedestrian.
I've written about these "sting" operations before here and here.
This type of police enforcement is important because the most significant factor in pedestrian injuries and deaths in Seattle is the failure of drivers to yield.