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Troopers Put the Brakes On Speeding
Ohio News Network - Columbus,OH,USA
State troopers in Medina County, in northeast Ohio, are cracking down on a stretch of I-71 they say is turning into a raceway. Troopers ...
Police Chief Pays Speeding Ticket
WLOX - Biloxi,MS,USA
Ocean Springs Police Chief Kerry Belk has paid a speeding ticket that one of his own officers gave him. Belk says he paid the $120 ...
Police spotted speeding van minutes before crash
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
... The driver of a minivan responsible for a violent crash in Lancaster city that killed four people, including himself, had been spotted speeding and driving ...
Driver was drunk, speeding in fatal crash, police say
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA
... killed. The driver, Brett Kaptiena of Stamford, was speeding and legally drunk, police said, and faces manslaughter charges. In ...
Speeding couple skip court dates
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The Illinois couple who blazed their way through Wisconsin on New Year's Day - getting hit with four speeding tickets in four counties in three hours ...
New Gloucester wants to slow traffic
Portland Press Herald - Portland,ME,USA
A committee of New Gloucester residents is recommending several measures to stop speeding, including a campaign that would enlist motorists to obey speed ...
Cobra Electronics to Host Webcast to Discuss Fourth Quarter 2004 ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Building upon its leadership position in the GMRS/FRS two-way radio, radar detector and citizens band radio industries, Cobra identified new growth ...
Monday, February 7, 2005
WB police charge Brockton man after speeding stop
Brockton Enterprise - Brockton,MA,USA
WEST BRIDGEWATER -- A 19-year-old Brockton man was charged with possession of cocaine, among other charges, after he was stopped for speeding on Route 106 ...
Speeding van, a violent crash, 4 dead
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
... LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - A horrific crash that killed four people Sunday night was caused by a speeding minivan driver who swerved around a car stopped at a red ...
Downtown Lancaster Crash Kills 4
WGAL Channel.com - Lancaster,PA,USA
... had not been notified. Police say they believe the minivan was speeding and struck the SUV, but an investigation is continuing.
Akron catching up with speeders
Akron Beacon Journal (subscription) - Akron,OH,USA
... That's why the Police Department is considering buying a speed detector equipped with ... an hour compared to the seven tickets an officer using radar could write ...
Safety-corridor extension not warranted
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... RDAFirst, radar detectors are prohibited in Virginia. ... State police and other agencies have equipment that can detect your detector," he said.
Saturday, February 5, 2005
Heatley Thanks Snyder's Family
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... He pleaded guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane and speeding. ...
Friday, February 4, 2005
Speeding Ticket Hot Spots
KFSN - Fresno, CA, USA
An Action News investigation revealed where you are most likely to get a speeding ticket. ... Last year, Fresno police gave out a record 42,000 speeding tickets....
Judicial appointee guilty of speeding; DUI count tossed
Denver Post - Denver, CO, USA
A man appointed to be a judge in Arapahoe County pleaded guilty in Denver on Thursday to speeding, while prosecutors dropped charges of driving under the ...
Man arrested for 13 speeding violations over a 96-day span
WLBT-TV - Jackson, MS, USA
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Someone tell this man there's a camera waiting to take his picture as he speeds by. Craig Clodfelter of Cave Creek...
Man accused of speeding calls police after getting lost
CourtTV - USA
A sheriff's deputy tried to pull over Till on Wednesday evening for speeding, but Till drove away, exceeding 100 mph at times, before eventually abandoning his ...
Thrashers' Heatley Sentenced to Probation
ABC News - USA
... years of probation after pleading guilty to second-degree vehicular homicide, driving too fast for conditions, failure to maintain a lane and speeding for the ...
Pasadena officer injured in accident
Pasadena Citizen - Pasadena, TX, USA
...David Thompson, a Pasadena patrol officer, was allegedly in pursuit of a speeding motorist travelling north on Red Bluff Road when he was involved in an ...
Head-On Crash Sends Three To Hospital
Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol, TN, USA
... Their names and conditions have not been released at this time. Police say the driver of the Pontiac was speeding and didn't yield to oncoming traffic.
Thursday, February 3, 2005
Lawmakers criticize automated speed traps
Times Herald-Record (subscription) - Middletown, NY, USA
... Denny Farrell, who chairs the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, said the plan to hire a private contractor to set up the high-tech speed traps is inappropriate ...
School Speeding Cameras Proposed
WXIA-TV - NE Atlanta, GA, USA
The cameras would capture rear license tags and the owners of the speeding cars would be issued the citations, according to the bill. ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Bill would curb photo speeding tickets
East Valley Tribune - Mesa, AZ, USA
... Loop 101 leadfoots. On Tuesday, it released results of a study that showed 50 percent of Loop 101 drivers are speeding. "That was ...
Big Island police cracking down on speeding motorists.
KPUA - HI, USA
... The crackdown on speeding is aimed at saving lives, Veriato said. He noted that of the 33 fatal accidents recorded last year, 20 ...
Speeding Up the Interstate
WFIE-TV - Evansville, IN, USA
Indiana lawmakers will debate a bill Wednesday to increase the speed limit on rural interstates to 70 miles per hour. Police believe ...
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Raising the limit on Hoosier highways
WTHR - Indianapolis, IN, USA
... "I'm for it all the way because we have it in Tennessee and in Michigan. Indiana and Kentucky are right in the middle. They're speed traps.". ...
CHP Slows Down On Speeding Tickets
NBC 11.com - San Francisco, CA, USA
California Highway Patrol officers are handing out fewer speeding tickets ... and believe it or not, some say it's bad news. According ...
Speeding penalties linked to safety
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines, IA, USA
... official says. Gov. Tom Vilsack's proposal to increase fines for speeding on state roads drew mixed reviews Monday. The proposal ...
No Excuses for Speeding
WBAY - Green Bay, WI, USA
... Police say speeding is a chronic problem in Green Bay, and those reasons we say we speed are nothing but a myth. ... How much time does speeding save? ...
Monday, January 31, 2005
Eclectic police cracking down on drugs, speeding
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery, AL, USA
... lot of cars just flying by and they're stopping that a lot so it's slowing the traffic down, " she said."They've stopped some people that were speeding and they ...
17 year old killed in drunk driving accident
News 10 Now - Syracuse, NY, USA
A 17 year old girl is charged with driving drunk and speeding in this morning's deadly crash in the town of Clay. The accident happened ...
Sunday, January 30, 2005
The high cost of speeding
York Daily Record - York, PA, USA
... Speeding, which state police spokesman Jack Lewis said is the most common violation in Pennsylvania, has a sliding scale for fines, depending on how much the ...
Speeding Suspected In Deadly Crash
KFOXtv.com - El Paso, TX, USA
Police investigators say speed was a factor in a deadly crash that happened early Saturday morning in East-Central El Paso. It happened ...
Driver charged after crash kills teenage passenger
WSTM-TV - Syracuse, NY, USA
... of Clay. Police say the driver -- 17-year-old Danielle Breman -- was drunk and speeding when she crashed her car. Kozlowski was ...
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Arriving in Jacksonville isn't the point
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville, FL, USA
But we have never seen anything like this - a Super Bowl in Jacksonville. If not for the speed traps, you could be there in an hour. ...
OS police officer tags chief for speeding
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi, MS, USA
OCEAN SPRINGS - Police Chief Kerry Belk says he wasn't speeding when he was stopped by one of his own officers last weekend and ticketed for going 10 miles per ...
Deputy finds $250, 000 in speeding Texas SUV
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth, MN, USA
RACINE, Wis. - A deputy who stopped a speeding Escalade with Texas license plates hit the jackpot. A deputy had stopped the vehicle ...
Police: Milford man faces speeding, possession charges
Milford Daily News - Milford, MA, USA
Joseph Preston Richardson, 46, of 51 Exchange St., Unit 1R, was arrested at 11:03 pm and charged with a marked lanes violation, speeding, operating a motor ...
Aide to Rep. Ryan faces speeding, drug charges
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown, OH, USA
... Tim Ryan of Niles, D-17th, faces charges of speeding, driving under suspension and drug possession. Harris, 34, of North Park Avenue, Apt. 5, was stopped Jan. ...
Friday, January 28, 2005
Annie Glidden becomes safer
Northern Star Online - USA
... A radar detector warns drivers of how fast they are going and if they are speeding, said Lt. Jim Kayes of the DeKalb Police Department. ...
Porterville Recorder
Porterville Recorder - Porterville, CA, USA
... Under state law curbing speed traps, city speed limits must be set fairly close to speeds that all but the fastest motorists typically drive. ...
Fines may be doubled for speeding in school zones
Pittsburg Morning Sun - Pittsburg, KS, USA
... If the bill passes, the minimum fine for speeding in a school zone would be $60, with the maximum fine being determined by how fast the driver is traveling. ...
Police Chief To Fight Speeding Ticket
WLOX - Biloxi, MS, USA
The police chief in Ocean Springs has been issued a speeding ticket, by one of his own officers. Mayor Pro Tem Danny Jalanavich ...
Speeding in school zones could cost $333
Quincy Herald Whig - Quincy, IL, USA
... year. If a motorist is found guilty of speeding in a school zone when children are present, he or she faces a fine of $333. Motorists ...
Woman Hit By Speeding Car; Driver Flees
KCRA-TV - Sacramento, CA, USA
-- A woman was hit by a speeding car on a downtown Sacramento street early Friday and police are searching for the driver, who fled the scene. ...
Truck driver enters not-guilty plea in Metro officer's death
WKRN - Nashville, TN, USA
... both counts. Metro Police say Fitzgerald was speeding and driving erratically when he slammed into Officer Christy Dedman. She had ...
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Speeding surcharge refunded
Capital News 9 - Albany, NY, USA
The town added the charge after the state took the money from all speeding tickets. At the time, officials believed the move would ...
Driving down? Some tips on surviving
philly.com (subscription) - Philadelphia, PA, USA
... There are some notorious speed traps southbound on both I-95 (near South Newport) and I-75 (Valdosta to Florida state line) in Georgia. ...
SBR's racing terms, part 4
Motorsport.com - Canada
... These speed traps are usually set up at the end of long straights just before the braking point to provide a good approximation of the maximum speed attained. ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Radar ruling aside, speeding charge still fought
The Express Times - Easton, PA, USA
... radar gun to arrest Joshua Losito, attorney Jason Jenkins said Tuesday he is still trying to have Losito's drunken-driving and speeding charges dismissed. ...
New Newton chief to focus on teens, trash and speeding
Daily News Tribune - Waltham, MA, USA
... He said he wants to fix problems in the city, such as speeding on side streets, people dumping trash and noisy teens disturbing neighborhoods, before they ...
ACCIDENT NEAR JOHNSTON CITY
The Southern Illinoisan - IL, USA
... Frederick is charged with improper lane usage, driving with a suspended license, use of a radar detector and defective brakes. It ...
Speeding fines would double
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka, KS, USA
By Tim Carpenter. A black Chevrolet pickup truck Tuesday ripped through a school zone near Scott Computer Technology Magnet School ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Educators back bill to increase speeding fines
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka, KS, USA
By Tim Carpenter. Educators and lobbyists endorsed a bill today that would double the fine for school-zone speeding. The bill had ...
Speeding Car Hits Girl, Mother In Crosswalk
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego, CA, USA
SAN DIEGO -- A speeding and swerving car hit a woman and her 8-year-old daughter Monday as they left Valencia Park Elementary School, NBC 7/39 reported. ...
Two arrested after speeding stop
Gillette News Record - Gillette WY, USA
Two men were arrested at 12:45 pm Sunday after about 20 pounds of marijuana was found in their car when they were stopped for speeding on Interstate 90 east of ...
Monday, January 24, 2005
Coburg's speed trap
OregonLive.com - Portland, OR, USA
Floyd Prozanski, the state legislator from Eugene, knows what he's talking about when he calls Coburg "the granddaddy of all speed traps." For generations ...
Poll: Death penalty not easy sell in state
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi, MS, USA
... "Some people say that sheriffs will just set up speed traps, but they don't understand the politics of being a county sheriff, " he said. ...
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Police/Fire Log
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento, CA, USA
... A CD case and 100 CDs, a radar detector, sunglasses and a cell phone charger with a total value of $2, 020 were stolen between 4 pm Jan. 16 and 2:30 pm Monday. ...
Steamed!: Speeding to survive
Durham Herald Sun - Durham, NC, USA
DURHAM -- I have become a speeder. I have no choice but to exceed speed limits while I drive in Durham. I have learned that if I ...
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Speeding fines may be whisked away to state
News-Daily.com - Jonesboro, GA, USA
... Ben Bridges, R-Cleveland, says the measure is intended to keep local jurisdictions from running speed traps on interstates in order to generate revenue and ...
Officer, It's a Honda Accord Hybrid
MixedPower.com - USA
... horses. Watch for speed traps As I cruise along a leafy Washington, DC, parkway, I decide to see what the hybrid Honda Accord can do. ...
Speeding fines may be whisked away to state
News-Daily.com - Jonesboro, GA, USA
... The bill, House Bill 6, would have speeding fines collected off of interstate highways by local police put directly into the state treasury. ...
Speeding May Have Led To Fatal Accident
NBC4 Columbus.com - Columbus, OH, USA
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State troopers are investigating what led to a fatal accident late Friday night in Madison County NBC 4 reported. ...
Sheriff's deputy reprimanded for 111-mph speeding episode
Naples Daily News - Naples, FL, USA
Cpl. James V. Naso, 28, was arrested Monday after he was spotted speeding on Airport-Pulling Road near Immokalee Road around 1:30 am. ...
High Speed Chase Leads to Lengthy Jail Time
WYOU - Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA
He`s 46-year-old Nicholas Sando of Exeter. Sando took off as police attempted to pull him over for speeding last February in West Pittston. ...
Friday, January 21, 2005
Car Overturns After Speeding Around Exiting Vehicle
Click 2 Houston.com - Houston, TX, USA
HOUSTON -- A driver is rushed to a hospital after slamming his car into a telephone pole in northwest Houston Thursday night. Police ...
Pittsgrove committee seeks to put brakes on speeding
Today's Sunbeam - Salem, NJ, USA
By BEN SCHNEIDER. PITTSGROVE TWP. -- Committee members voiced their concern over the township's speeding issue at last week's township committee meeting. ...
Crackdown on speeding results in 256 citations over two days
Maui News - Wailuku, HI, USA
WAILUKU -- Maui police reported giving out 256 speeding citations while clocking drivers traveling up to 82 mph during the first two days of increased ...
One More Chance
Powder Magazine - USA
... The detector transmits a directional radar signal. When hitting a reflector, the frequency of the signal is doubled and returned to the detector. ...
Thursday, January 20, 2005
New Sign Helps Curb Speeding
KIMT - Mason City, IA, USA
... Albert Lea Police are planning to put it in areas that have the biggest speeding problems such as streets near the high school.
SCHOOL SPEED ZONES
OregonLive.com - Portland, OR, USA
... The first week of school, when the speed traps were set up and drivers going 25 mph blocks away from Waluga (Junior High) were getting tickets, just made most ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Clinton Judge Emasculates Law Enforcement Agencies as Communist ...
Accuracy In Media - Washington, DC, USA
... In 2001, the group claims, "we smashed a secret service check point.". ... 2001 inaugural activities and to reveal the identities of undercover police officers who ...
Details about 2001 inauguration now in hands of people planning ...
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass, OR, USA
... videotapes and numerous photographs and audiotapes related to DC police tactics, training ... In 2001, the group claims, it "smashed a secret service check point.". ...
LSP's DWI checkpoint nets drug arrests
Bogalusa Daily News - Bogalusa, LA, USA
HAMMOND -- Members of the Louisiana State Police -- Troop L, in conjunction with the ... The check point was conducted in Tangipahoa Parish West of Hammond on LA ...
SPEED ZONES GET SECOND LOOK
Curry Coastal Pilot - Brookings, OR, USA
... were present and at risk. Others alleged the law helped police set up all-hours speed traps near schools. Rep. Vicki Berger, R-Salem ...
Schools to see relatively little cash from speeding cameras
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington, NC, USA
Proceeds from new cameras designed to catch speeding motorists are supposed to go to the local school system, but the schools won't see any cash until at least ...
In brief: Car that hit bike may have been speeding
El Paso Times - El Paso, TX, USA
... show was traveling east onto the roadway. The Honda may have been speeding, officials said. A funeral Mass for Saridivanna, 6, and ...
Schools to see relatively little cash from speeding cameras
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh, NC, USA
(CHARLOTTE) - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools were expecting to reap the proceeds from tickets issued when speeding motorists are caught on camera, and while they ...
City reaches settlement with family of woman killed in police ...
WKYT - Lexington, KY, USA
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- City officials will pay $1.2 million to the family of a woman killed in a crash with a speeding Lexington police officer. ...
Speeding motorists dangerous, wasteful
Athens Banner-Herald (subscription) - Athens, GA, USA
On the Athens Perimeter the other day, I was traveling around 62 mph in a 55 mph zone and was passed by two cars doing well over 65-70 mph. ...
Police Stop Driver Speeding To Hospital, Summon Helicopter
NBC5i.com - Ft. Worth, TX, USA
A coworker started driving him to the emergency room, but a police officer pulled him over for speeding, When the officer saw the man in need, he called for a ...
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Hospitals speeding up service in emergency rooms
Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville, NC, USA
ASHEVILLE - Hospital emergency departments do more than serve the sickest people - they also serve to help a hospital sell itself to the community. ...
Fire at veterans post under investigation
WBRZ - Baton Rouge, LA, USA
... Terry D. Stewart, 8122 Ned Ave., Apt. U, second-offense DWI, speeding, reckless operation of a vehicle and driver's license suspended or revoked. ...
Police Are Still Manning SR 158 Checkpoint
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas, NV, USA
... Police are still manning a check point at that junction of 158 to make sure people are not coming up the mountain to play in the snow. ...
Monday, January 17, 2005
Gamesmanship vs. sportsmanship discussed
Rio Rancho Observer - Rio Rancho, NM, USA
... Slemmer gave two examples of how youngsters learn gamesmanship, of a sort, from their parents: In one instance, a father uses a radar detector to continue ...
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Man who got three speeding tickets in 90 minutes won't fight them
KWQC-TV - Davenport, IA, USA
MILWAUKEE An Illinois man who got three Wisconsin speeding tickets in less than 90 minutes says he won't fight the tickets in court. ...
Move to get radar for county speeding up
Pascagoula Mississippi Press - Pascagoula, MS, USA
... 63, added that speeding in the area has caused a number of "near misses" that could have resulted in accidents on the area's roads and highways. ...
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Officer pleads to speeding charges
Kentucky.com - Lexington, KY, USA
A Lexington police officer pleaded guilty yesterday to two moving violations for speeding without lights and sirens when his cruiser broadsided Rachel L. Burns ...
Alleged Speeding Driver Kills Self, Other Person
NBC5.com - Chicago, IL, USA
CHICAGO -- Police said speeding was to blame for a deadly wreck Friday night that involved three cars. Two people were killed in ...
Skowhegan looks to slow speeding cars downtown
MaineToday.com - Portland, ME, USA
By DARLA L. PICKETT. SKOWHEGAN -- Just mention the traffic to someone who works or shops in downtown Skowhegan and you're almost guaranteed a 10-minute debate. ...
Loufourche Parish develops mounted patrol unit
Times Picayune - New Orleans, LA, USA
By LIZ HACKENBURG. THIBODAUX, La. (AP) -- When's the last time you got a speeding ticket from a police officer on a horse? Tommy ...
Witnesses: SJ man killed in crash ran red light
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose, CA, USA
A San Jose man was allegedly speeding and ran red light today before he was fatally injured in a collision with another vehicle, according witness accounts ...
Friday, January 14, 2005
Man Indicted in Alleged Speeding-Ticket Scam
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
... a Riverside man on five counts of mail fraud for allegedly mailing fake letters from local superior courts demanding payment for nonexistent speeding tickets. ...
Antrim supervisors to study speeding, traffic on township roads
Hagerstown Morning Herald - Hagerstown, MD, USA
... Antrim Township doesn't have a police department, so complaints about speeding and other traffic violations fall on the shoulders of the Township Supervisors. ...
Speedy driver going nowhere fast
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - Chicago, IL, USA
... Court records show that in Cook County alone, he has been nailed for speeding, running stop signs and other violations 21 times since 2001. ...
Study targets speeding issues
The Daily Tar Heel - USA
... According to the study, speeding is worst at the bottom of the hill between Bolinwood Drive and Airport Road, where average speeds exceeded 40 mph. ...
Officer Enters Plea to Careless Driving Charges
WKYT - Lexington, KY, USA
... Harrodsburg Road on May 11th. A grand jury found officer John Lamb guilty of careless driving and speeding. Today Lamb's attorney entered ...
Lawmaker revs up campaign against speed traps
OregonLive.com - Portland, OR, USA
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- One lawmaker is revving up the fight against Oregon's lucrative speed traps. State Sen. Floyd Prozanski introduced ...
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Farley mayor; Passer, Huspek join McGregor City Council
Aitkin Independent Age - Aitkin, MN, USA
... It was discussed that the police radar detector is 20 years old and doesn't work well. Also, the 15 mph speed zones are not being enforced. ...
Four speeding tickets within three hours
WLS - Chicago, IL, USA
January 13, 2005 -- An Illinois man and his girlfriend managed to rack up nearly $1400 in speeding tickets on a trip through Wisconsin -- all within three ...
Man dies after his wife is detained for speeding him to hospital
Shreveport Times - Shreveport, LA, USA
DeRIDDER -- State police are investigating whether a trooper acted properly when he detained a woman who was speeding her husband to a hospital, where the man ...
Man stopped for speeding, arrested for drunken driving
Oak Ridger - Oak Ridge, TN, USA
An Oak Ridge man was arrested for drunken driving Tuesday after his car was stopped for speeding. Frank Greenlee Jinks Jr., 42, 104 ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Disguised officers nabbing speeders on US 58
Hampton Roads Daily Press - Newport, VA, USA
... as a construction worker on US 58, while running a laser speed gun to catch speeders in an unusual, first-time attempt to crack down on speeding on the four ...
A Blog as Big as Texas
Lone Star Times - Houston, TX, USA
... It was called the Move Over Act. There was an e-mail that made the rounds after Houston set up speed traps using this law as an excuse to write tickets. ...
LUGE: Media Advisory...Quotes From USA Luge's Telephone Press ...
US Luge - USA
... while training? A: "I'm not really sure because they did not have the speed traps going, they only had average speeds. The average ...
World's Fastest Pickup Truck
Popular Mechanics - USA
BY KEN JURAN. WENDOVER, Utah--When Gale Banks's Sidewinder pickup passed through the speed traps of the Bonneville Salt Flats at 222.139 mph on Oct. ...
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Teens lead police on chase through woods
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta, ME, USA
... The driver also has been charged with speeding and leaving the scene, he said. Trask said the incident began at 12:19 am, when Madison ...
Teenager dies in Katy Fwy. speeding accident
KHOU (subscription) - Houston, TX, USA
Police blame speeding for a traffic accident on the Katy Freeway that killed a teenaged boy. The teen's GMC Yukon veered off the ...
Back-to-Back Speed Traps
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles, CA, USA
By Lonnie White, Times Staff Writer. After losing by 17 points to the Phoenix Suns, the team with the best record in the NBA, on ...
Matter Seen Speed-Racing Around a Black Hole
RedNova.com - Dallas, TX, USA
ESA -- Using a 'radar-gun' technique, typical of police speed-traps, scientists have clocked three separate clumps of hot iron gas whipping around a black ...
Radar detector isn't a cause of police glee, but $200 fee
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk, VA, USA
Hey, Road: I use my radar detector while driving, even though I know it's illegal. I have heard officers will confiscate and destroy ...
Monday, January 10, 2005
Strict enforcement of speed limits earns Emporia a reputation
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk, VA, USA
... "Nobody's foot is on the accelerator except theirs.". Are Emporia police setting ''speed traps'' or are they enforcing the law fairly? ...
Speeding, alcohol had role in fatal SUV crash
Gary Post Tribune - Gary, IN, USA
By Lori Caldwell / Post-Tribune staff writer. GARY -- A day's worth of traffic and melting snow couldn't wash away the blood ...
Speeding motoryclist dies after crashing into fire hydrant
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro, NC, USA
GREENSBORO -- A speeding motorcyclist died after losing control and crashing into a fire hydrant Sunday night, police report. About ...
Olympia grant to target speeders
The Olympian - Olympia, WA, USA
... Last year, officers fielded 50 to 60 complaints about speeding at different locations around the city, said Dick Machlan, police spokesman. ...
To: State and City Desks
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington, DC, USA
... At the same time, there are a lot of minor moral and legal violations that people engage in as well -- violations such as speeding, cheating on tests, etc. ...
Sunday, January 9, 2005
Public decisions often made in private
The News Journal - Wilmington, DE, USA
... in 2001, when then-Senate President Pro Tem Thomas B. Sharp, took aim at what he considered to be speed traps in Dover ... prohibited police in those jurisdictions from ticketing speeders on specified sections of state highways running through their towns ...
Saturday, January 8, 2005
Dashed hopes this New Year will not be any different
Hernando Today - Brooksville, FL, USA
... The towns of Waldo and Lawtey, two well-known speed traps along State Road 301 in northern Florida at least have the speeding problem well in hand. ...
Friday, January 7, 2005
Driver in Laconia rollover charged with speeding
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH, USA
LACONIA -- A driver who lost control of his pickup truck and flipped it onto its side on Beacon Street West has been charged with speeding. ...
Troopers crack down on speeding drivers on stretch of I-95
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth, VA, USA
... That means the 140-thousand motorists a day on the designated stretch can expect increased patrols and higher fines -- up to 500 dollars for speeding and 25 ...
Focus traffic cameras on safety
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH, USA
... Cincinnati will be deploying traffic cameras to catch speeders ...
Thursday, January 6, 2005
Yardley Borough Council weighs in on radar bill
Yardley News - Morrisville, PA, USA
... olocal police departments to enforce speed limits by using radar ...
Lawyer: Device shows truck that killed officer wasn't speeding
WHNT - Huntsville, AL, USA
An attorney for a truck driver says a data recorder in the vehicle shows the trucker wasn't speeding when his tractor-trailer struck a Nashville officer's ...
Troopers cracking down on Mobile County speeders
AL.com - Birmingham, AL, USA
Thirty extra state troopers will aim at Mobile County roads today through Monday as part of the governor's initiative to reduce speeding. ...
Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Woodstock speeding trial Thursday
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta, GA, USA
Dennis Beasley, who claims Woodstock is running an illegal speed trap on Main Street, will have his day in court Thursday to contest a speeding ticket he got ...
Lawyer: Device shows truck that killed officer wasn't speeding
The Tennessean - Nashville, TN, USA
A data recorder proves that a truck driver was not speeding in July when he crashed into a parked police car on Interstate 40, killing the officer and ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Judge Paty Not Going Along With Bean Amnesty Deal
The Chattanoogan - Chattanooga, TN, USA
... effective immediately January 4, 2005, the contributions to the relief fund will not be accepted as part of any agreement for traffic tickets ...
Monday, January 3, 2005
Connecticut State Police Report 264 Holiday Accidents
NBC30.com - Hartford, CT, USA
Police made 34 drunken driving arrests on Connecticut highways this past weekend. Most of the tickets issued were for speeding. ...
Accidents kill three people in Johnston Co.
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh, NC, USA
... the Wake County line. Highway Patrol Troopers believe Christopher Stancil was speeding and lost control of his bike. They said he ...
Court to hear case of rental company using GPS to snare speeders
WFSB - Connecticut, CT, USA
... arguments tomorrow over whether a rental car company was allowed to use satellite tracking to slap customers with hefty penalties when they're caught speeding. ...
On bridges, parking and civic pride
OregonLive.com - Portland, OR, USA
... According to the Internet Speed Trap Exchange maintained by the National Motorists Association, Beaverton has 13 speed traps. The ...
OPINION LINE EXTRA
The Wichita Eagle - Wichita,KS,USA
... without. I don't disagree with having speed traps, but what I do disagree with is only having them once a year prior to Christmas. ...
Sunday, January 2, 2005
Police Busy on "Wild" Party Night
KOTA - Rapid City, SD, USA
Rapid City police tell us it was a night they won't forget for a ... Twenty-nine vehicles passed through a Highway Patrol sobriety check-point around midnight. ...
Saturday, January 1, 2005
ROUNDUP: Cash held on suspected drinking charge
Detroit Free Press - Detroit, MI, USA
Lions cornerback Chris Cash was detained Friday morning after being pulled over for suspected speeding and then failing a roadside Breathalyzer test ...
Friday, December 31, 2004
Driver Killed Avoiding Speeding Motorist
SanDiego Channel.com - San Diego, CA, USA
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities continue to search for the driver of a white compact who raced up behind a 1923 model T-Bucket Ford convertible, causing it to careen ...
Operation Zero Tolerance in Effect for New Year's Eve
WTOC - Savannah, GA, USA
... If you are caught drinking and driving, you will go to jail. Officers will also be writing tickets for speeding, seatbelt violations and aggressive driving.
Riley proposes 100 new troopers
AL.com - Birmingham, AL, USA
... Emerson said the rising death toll on Alabama highways shows how much the state needs more troopers to arrest speeders and deter others from speeding. ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Shelby County deputy arrested for speeding, DUI
Fayette County Review - Somerville, TN, USA
by LaQuita Houston, Review Reporter A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy was arrested by the Somerville Police Department last Sunday for speeding down Highway 64 ...
Alcohol and speeding possible factors
Summit Daily News - Frisco, CO, USA
SUMMIT COUNTY - Police consider alcohol and speeding as factors in a Christmas Eve car accident that killed a Broomfield father of two, said Colorado State ...
WCSD to begin aggressive enforcement on I-81
Bristol Herald Courier & Virginia Tennessean - Bristol, TN, USA
BY DANIEL TAYLOR. "I saw too much speeding, too much road rage and too much cutting people off," the 59-year-old Bristol woman said. ...
Lake City woman charged after speeding stop
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH, USA
NORTHFIELD -- A Lake City motorist who was stopped for speeding on Interstate 93 was found to be operating without a license. New ...
Police set up driver check point in Shelby County
WDRB - Louisville, KY, USA
Kentucky State Police troopers are on the streets earlier this year trying to prevent accidents like the one we just told you about. ...
DWI checks nab four in Bridgeton
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton, NJ, USA
... of Bridgeton, both failed to stopat the check point and officers waylaid them, according to Kimble. Ortiz was stopped after almost hitting a police officer on ...
Police put the heat on impaired motorists
Fauquier Times-Democrat - Fauquier, VA, USA
... motorists. According to Virginia State Police Sgt. ... Upon arrival, Mahler set out signs alerting drivers to the sobriety check point. Within ...
Glen Carbon, Maryville join holiday traffic effort
Edwardsville Intelligencer - Edwardsville, IL, USA
... On Jan. 1, the Glen Carbon Police Department will set up a DUI check point within the city limits of Glen Carbon. The primary purpose ...
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Lake City woman charged after speeding stop
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH, USA
NORTHFIELD -- A Lake City motorist who was stopped for speeding on Interstate 93 was found to be operating without a license. New ...
Parents Upset Over Speeding Buses
WOAI - San Antonio, TX, USA
Some parents are fed up. They say speeding VIA buses are putting their children in danger. The parents say buses zoom by every 15 ...
Sunday, December 26, 2004
The town looks to the future as its past goes on trial
Houston Chronicle - Houston, TX, USA
... Wright said investigators learned that some of the town's officers had been employed by other small Texas cities that had reputations as speed traps. ...
Auto Biography: The life of a '57 Chevy
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk, VA, USA
... All but key intercity highways were two-laners choked by speed traps and stoplights, discouraging sprawl. The same was true in what's now Virginia Beach. ...
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Cops to be out en masse Checkpoints, speed traps planned
Gallup Independent - Gallup, NM, USA
By Leslie Wood and Jim Tiffin. Local law enforcement agencies will escalate their efforts to reduce the number of traffic accidents ...
Friday, December 24, 2004
1,100 road deaths in 6 years
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Trinidad and Tobago
... The Highway Patrol does, on average, 40 patrols a night and over 1,000 per month while speed traps are set up on all the major highways twice daily. ...
Speeding Radar Debate
WTOK - Meridian, MS, USA
However opponents of the issue disagree somewhat, citing that allowing deputies in Mississippi to use speed radars could lead to speed traps. ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Brownsville police run speed traps
Brownsville Herald - Brownsville,TX,USA
Speed trap: a term the Brownsville Police Department should be used to. I have noticed that Monday through Friday, especially during ...
City OKs increased speeds
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA, USA
... officer with the Indio Police Department. The state law was enacted to protect motorists from speed traps. To stop cities from posting ...
Traffic patrols deserve support
Brownsville Herald - Brownsville, TX, USA
Another comment on speed traps: I also have seen these same motor cycle officers with their "radar guns" several times at another location, stopping ...
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