June 24, 2010, 12:05 AM
Although California's car culture is legendary, the state didn't crack the top 10 in terms of household spending on vehicle costs. Connecticut households shelled out $7,652 on average to cover car-related expenses, making them the biggest spenders nationwide according to an analysis by...
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February 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
The practice of “casual carpooling” across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge sprang up during a BART strike, perhaps in the 1970s. No government bureaucrat was involved. Motorists, dreading a bridge clogged beyond gridlock by thousands of BART commuters forced to drive to work,...
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February 13, 2010, 5:53 PM
Local governments received grants for drunken driving enforcement, which pay police officer overtime at sobriety checkpoints. The funds come from money the U.S. Department of Transportation provides to the state for roadway safety. The grants detailed below pay for checkpoints year-round. You can...
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February 13, 2010, 5:47 PM
Law enforcement agencies are more likely to seize cars from sober, unlicensed drivers than take drunks off the road at the state's sobriety checkpoints, investigation finds.
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February 13, 2010, 5:46 PM
Reporter Ryan Gabrielson explains explains the process of getting to the truth of sobriety checkpoints.
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February 13, 2010, 5:45 PM
Find out what cities are impounding cars at sobriety checkpoints the most, according to data collected by the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley.
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February 13, 2010, 5:44 PM
Sobriety checkpoints are generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue for California law enforcement agencies, cities and counties. Police are far more likely to impound vehicles from unlicensed drivers than arrest a driver for a DUI. The Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley has been...
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