No real crimes to stop? Police announce crackdown on ‘negligent cyclists’ and JAYWALKING 

Police are conducting a one-day crackdown on cyclists and jaywalkers in an attempt to make roads safer.

Officers have taken to the streets in Sydney’s CBD and surrounding suburbs to fine jaywalkers and negligent cyclists, from 6am to 6pm on Monday.

The blitz, called Operation Pedro, has been sparked by a rise in fatal crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians with particular focus on rental bike compliance.

NSW Police are conducting Operation Pedro from 6am to 6pm on Monday in a bid to crackdown on cyclists and pedestrians

Cyclists could be fined $337 for not wearing a helmet and $112 for not having a working bell or riding on the footpath, Sydney Morning Herald reported. 

If you’re caught riding a bike ‘furiously,’ ‘recklessly,’ or ‘negligently’ you could receive a whopping $448 fine.   

Pedestrians who cross the road when the light isn’t green, cross the road too slowly and avoid using the safest crossing route can expect a $75 fine.    

Officers will also provide flyers with information about current road rules in a ploy to educate cyclists and pedestrians.

Six cyclists and 44 pedestrians have died on New South Wales roads this year, as of July. 

Commander of the Traffic & Highway Patrol Command, Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy, said the operation was important to prevent further fatalities on NSW roads. 

It will target the rise in injury and fatal crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians with particular focus on rental bike compliance

It will target the rise in injury and fatal crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians with particular focus on rental bike compliance

‘I urge all cyclists and pedestrians to do the right thing by not putting themselves and other road users at risk,’ said Assistant Commissioner Corboy.

‘City traffic is full of many challenges and distractions for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, so we want to do everything possible to ensure that we reduce road trauma.’ 

‘Through education, awareness and enforcement, we want to continue to drive down the road toll in NSW,’ said Assistant Commissioner Corboy. 

NSW Police will be targeting the inner west, eastern suburbs and CBD of Sydney, some suburbs including Leichhardt, Surry Hills, Kings Cross, Newtown and Redfern.

Pedestrians who cross the road when the light isn't green, cross the road too slowly and avoid using the safest crossing route can expect a $75 fine

Pedestrians who cross the road when the light isn’t green, cross the road too slowly and avoid using the safest crossing route can expect a $75 fine

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