When a 7-foot-tall gingerbread man walked back and forth across a road
in Moreno Valley, California, on Thursday morning he was invisible to
most of the 13 motorists who were cited in a 50-minute span during a
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department pedestrian decoy operation.
The drivers were accused of failing to yield the right of way to a
pedestrian in a crosswalk. This crossing was in front of Rainbow Springs
Elementary and just down the street from Sunnymead Middle School.
Most, Sgt. Bill Guimont said, claimed they never saw the brown fairy-tale character with the round head.
“Our concern is if they can’t see a 7-foot gingerbread man, then how are they going to see their son or daughter that is only 5 feet tall walking through a crosswalk,” Guimont said.
Seven other drivers were cited for other violations, and four vehicles
were towed because the drivers didn’t have valid licences. The purpose
of the operations, Guimont said, is to educate drivers about the
crosswalk laws and make them more aware of the dangers, especially in
front of schools.
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