Honolulu police said they shifted from education to enforcement mode on pedestrian-related laws this week and issued 114 citations in just two days.

Police are passing out fines of up to $107 in hopes of slowing the pace of pedestrian fatalities. Pedestrians have accounted for 10 of O'ahu's 18 traffic fatalities this year. There were only 20 pedestrian fatalities in all of last year.

"We did a month of education and I saw no change in behavior," said police Lt. Jerry Wojcik, coordinator of HPD's pedestrian safety campaign task force.

On Sunday police issued 41 citations and 64 warnings and followed up with 73 citations and 93 warnings on Monday.

The going rate of citations for jaywalking runs between $70 and $80 while motorists cited for not stopping at marked crosswalks to allow pedestrians to cross or overtaking a vehicle that has stopped to permit a crossing could pay $97 to $107 to the state.

The pedestrian safety task force showed up at locations such as South Beretania Street in Mo'ili'ili, Kaheka Street between Kanunu and Makaloa streets near Don Quijote in Pawa'a, and Pensacola and South Beretania, as well as Fort Weaver and Geiger roads and Kamokila Boulevard in 'Ewa and Kapolei at unannounced times the first two days.

"What comes as a surprise are people's attitude; they don't seem to care about their own safety," Wojcik said. "I've seen numerous people walk across streets, looking straight ahead. Some have the idea that the law protects them and they don't have to look.

"In the court of life and death, right of way carries very little weight.

"Drivers just care about getting to a destination. They don't realize if they hit somebody their lives will change forever."

Wojcik said bicyclists riding on sidewalks and through intersections are another growing concern for police.

"By law, they're not supposed to ride on sidewalks and should be walking their bikes across when crossing a street," Wojcik said. "We're starting to cite them."

In a 3 1/2-minute span around 5 p.m. yesterday, 13 people jaywalked across Kaheka Street fronting Don Quijote, including one woman using a cane who did not once look for vehicles once she stepped onto the roadway.

Charlotte Doss, 23, who crossed in the middle of Kaheka, said she tried to watch out for the woman with the cane, who she doesn't know.

"She didn't look (for approaching cars), so I just tried to stand next to her," Doss said.

"No, I didn't know that police are issuing citations," Doss added. "I live in the apartment (across from Don Quijote), so it's just easier to cross here. I catch the bus and it doesn't make any sense to have the bus stop so far away from the crosswalks. I think that's why a lot of people jaywalk here."

The bus stop and food-court entrance to Don Quijote is about 30 to 40 yards from the Kanunu and Makaloa street crosswalks.

Reach Rod Ohira at rohira@honoluluadvertiser.com.