February 17, 2012, 12:05 AM
California traffic safety officials have followed the few rules that exist for overseeing sobriety checkpoints set up by hundreds of police departments, the state auditor reported yesterday. No federal law or state statute governs what happens at the roadway operations, according to the...
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December 21, 2010, 12:05 AM
Cameras proliferate this data-driven age, replacing hazy recollections with clear digital images. Starting on New Year’s Day, 2011, this will be increasingly true on California’s roadways when AB 1942 takes effect, legalizing the use of “video event recorders” in our...
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December 13, 2010, 12:05 AM
While the state collects millions of dollars from red-light cameras at intersections, a few California cities are starting to question whether the safety benefits are worth the high cost to their own coffers. Loma Linda is the latest city to drop their red-light camera program. "Ding dong...
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December 1, 2010, 12:06 AM
Nearly one-quarter of California drivers killed in car crashes last year had drugs in their system, according to a federal report released yesterday. Of the 1,678 fatally injured drivers in California last year, 23 percent tested positive for drugs. Nationwide, drugs were found in nearly 4,000...
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