Sunday, June 28, 2009
New Pasadena Speed Traps
California Senate approved for Pasadena to lower the speed limit disregarding engineering safety studies just to provide revenue by producing more speeding tickets! California Assembly Bill 564 (PDF) (The state Assembly voted by a 51-17 to allow Pasadena to establish Speeding Traps in May, 2009.)Labels: CA, California, California Traffic School, Radar, Speed Traps, Speeding Tickets, Ticket, Traffic School, Traffic Tickets
Monday, December 15, 2008
Smokey Bear in the Air, Helicopter flying over I-15

Police Helicopter flying over I-15 checking for speeding and Speeding Check points. Be careful and drive slowly.
Labels: CA, California, Nevada, NV, Radar, Speed Traps, Speeding Tickets, Ticket
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Racecar Driver Gives California Driving Tips
Racecar Driver Gives California Driving Tips
Labels: Basic Driver Improvement, BDI, CA, California, California Traffic School, defensive driving, Driving Record, driving school, Speeding Tickets, Ticket, Traffic School, Traffic Tickets
Thursday, January 03, 2008
New California Traffic Laws Alleged DUI or Alleged Hit-and-Run can NOT attend Traffic School
New California Traffic Laws Alleged DUI or Alleged Hit-and-Run can NOT attend Traffic School
Labels: California, Driving Record, DUI, DUI Law, Hit-and-Run, Traffic School
Friday, October 12, 2007
Get Out Of Traffic Tickets
This is not a warning -- submitted by MaurDrisc
I was pulled over in a residential L.A. neighborhood for an illegal left turn. The officer asked me if I knew what I'd done. I said yes, that I'd made an illegal left turn, knowing it was illegal and that I'd done the same thing the day before, but only realized I'd made an illegal turn as I did it.
The officer asked if I realized I was admitting to having done the illegal turn twice. I said yes. He said they weren't giving out warnings; they were ticketing people. I said I realized that and knew I deserved the ticket. He reiterated the point about not giving out warnings. I said I understood. He stared at me for a long time, and then told me no one ever tells them the truth. And because of that he was giving me a warning.
I then burst into tears, thanking him because I really, really couldn't afford a ticket (which I couldn't). I think he was, perhaps, on the verge of having me committed to the nearest mental hospital, but happily I just got to drive away.
Tell all -- submitted by RGLGINC
I pulled up to a Y type intersection that had a stop sign. There was a car coming at a turtle's pace, so instead of coming to a complete stop, I did a rolling stop. Then 1/2 a mile ahead the light turned yellow so I sped up. As I am cruising at about 10 miles over the speed limit, under the yellow light, I looked in the rear-view mirror and of course there was a motorcycle cop right behind me. I politely pulled over and began to laugh, I was SO busted! So, as I roll down the window I am giggling. He looks at me funny and asks, "Ma'am, do you know why I pulled you over?" I ask him, "was it for running the stop sign, speeding or running that yellow light?"
He tells me he appreciates my honesty and that he gets tired of people making stupid excuses. Then he asks for my registration and license ... but guess what? I didn't have my license. So instead of writing a ticket for all the other things, he writes me a ticket for not having my driver's license, which just calls for me to go to the payment office and show them my driver's license. So, for all the people with dumb excuses ... it pays to be honest and you may gain respect for doing so.
Have faith -- submitted by EdwrVnCtt
I had my drivers' license just 4 days. I was driving a colleague's car registered in one state and my license was from another state. The officer said I went over the center line and thought I had been drinking. (I was not) He had me step out of the car to see if I was sober. I walk with a limp from birth. When he said, "you aren't walking very straight," I replied without wanting to be a wise guy, "I always walk like this." I was dressed in civilian clothes, but the picture on my license showed me wearing a clergy collar. I was in the seminary at the time. He asked, "Are you a priest?" Rather than explain the details of the steps to the priesthood, I simply said, "yeah." He said, "Please get back in your car, you probably have to say Mass this morning." (It was Sunday morning.) No ticket, no problem. I thanked him and was on my way.
From bad to worse -- submitted by Pamelakins
I had experienced an unusually terrible day. This is how it all started. I got off from work and went to my barn to feed my horse. I had a co-worker with me who had mentioned that I needed to wash off my windshield before leaving the barn. After feeding, I moved my truck closer to the barn. I had kept my door open while moving my vehicle. The doors lock automatically when the truck is started. I turned on my wipers and got out shutting the door behind me (the truck was still running with the keys in it!) I made several phone calls and finally managed to get the door open with a piece of wire.
I left the barn taking a friends daughter home. After dropping her off I stated to my co-worker that I should call my husband and let him know that I got the door open. That is when I realized that I had set my cell phone on top of the truck while attempting to unlock the door. It was already dark outside but we back-tracked and amazingly, found my phone on the side of the road unharmed!
It was a few miles down the road when my co-worker warned me that the police in the city we were driving through would stop you for even 5 miles over the limit. I told her I wasn't worried that I traveled through there all the time. Just then, a cop rounded the corner ahead of me and clocked me doing 60 mph in a 30 mph zone. Boy, was I going to be in trouble! The officer approached me and asked me for the usual license and insurance proof. I politely told him that I would be happy to show him my insurance but that I couldn't let him see my license. Of course he asked why and I told him that it had accidentally been put through the shredder at work and I had not gotten it replaced yet (what I didn't tell him was that it happened 11 months earlier). I then went on to tell him what a terrible evening I had just been through. I then told him I was going to do something I had never done before in my life ... beg for his mercy! Grinning from ear to ear and shaking his head, he told me to slow down and have a good evening! Talk about lucky!
Speeding in Tucson -- submitted by Umnst04
I was driving on 'Columbus' Rd. in Tucson one nice morning. I was late for work (as usual) and I was speeding -- 57 in a 35 mile an hour zone!! A motorcycle officer stopped me. "Yikes, great, now I'll really be late!" I thought, "How can I get out of this?" I'm not so great looking, a bit over weight, a large, Italian nose. However, he was great looking!
Oh well I thought. I'm also broke and now facing at least a $90 ticket.
He looked in the window, asked for my license and insurance etc. He looked a tad familiar too.
He looked at me again and said, "You are the manager of the 'Columbus' Townhomes where I live." "If you would please put the Jacuzzi temperature up to 104 degrees I won't give you a ticket." Well, I certainly obliged and I was only five minutes late for work.
That night after his shift, sure enough he was in the Jacuzzi, looking so relaxed.
Remember I said he looked a tad familiar? I suppose I didn't recognize him with his police uniform on!
Online encounter -- submitted by Nexusrider
I was heading down the road about 15 miles over the speed limit and I saw the flashing lights behind me. I knew I better have a good story or I would be paying a big fine. So, the officer asked for my license and insurance and stuff and I was thinking like crazy. He made his first mistake when he asked me why I was going so fast instead of just writing me up. I looked at him kind of embarrassed and said, "Well I was online talking to this gal, and she told me she was sitting there drinking wine and wearing something black and sexy and if I could be there in 20 minutes I could do anything I wanted with her." He handed me back my stuff and grinned and said, "Have fun ... just slow it down."
Flying low --submitted by Waymill
A few years ago I was pulled over for speeding. The officer got out of his car and came up to my window and asked to see my pilot's license (since I was flying). I happened to have a private pilots license so I pulled it out gave it to the officer. He let me go and told me to slow down.
Labels: California, Radar, Ticket, Traffic School
Monday, February 19, 2007
Contra Costa County California - Highway 4 Speeding Crackdown

KCBS - Highway 4 Speeding Crackdown:
Anyone going 90 mph or faster in the 65mph zone of Hwy 4 in east Contra Costa County California will face a 10-day driving suspension
The Contra Costa County Traffic Commissioner Lowell Richards hopes the 10-day driving suspensions senda clear message.
Since 2006, nearly 1,000 accidents have been on Highway 4, and half were caused by speeding.
Read more at KCBS - Highway 4 Speeding Crackdown
Labels: California, Traffic School
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Cops have super Powers when it comes to speeding. | Progressive U
Today I went to court to fight my ticket and found out something I never would have imagined. Cops don't need to have a radar detector or even stop-watch to give you a citation for speeding. All they truly need are their eyes. In most courts, as long as the officer is reliable their statement and view will stand in court because during their initial training many of them had some exposure to radar.
This is a joke, basically we are saying that by mere sight people can tell someone else's speed in a car. I haven't had training but I have been around the gym a lot and also been around a lot of cars in my lifetime and to be completely precise down to the mile would be extremely hard. This leaves room for huge margin of errors, which is sad because in most states the difference between 10 and 11 mph is 1 pt, which doesn't sound like that much I know. But when it's on top of two others, if you have any past traffic issues you are getting close to the limit.
If you fight it, it's your word versus theirs. How many courts do you think will side against the cop? Probably not that many unless there is something you have against the cop. Just thought I would let people know that us normal people can't possibly even begin to predict the speed of another car to the mile, yet police officers could possibly be doing it every day. From now on if you get a speeding ticket look in the corner of your ticket at detection device, if there isn't a number you have just seen a taste of the magical super powers the cops have when it comes to speed. Good luck all and safe and slow driving!"
Labels: California, Traffic School
Friday, January 19, 2007
SFGate: Daily Dish : Usher Sentenced to Community Service for Speeding
R&B singer Usher has been sentenced to community service and hit with a fine after being convicted of speeding. "
Labels: California, Traffic School
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
ContraCostaTimes.com | 09/24/2006 | New state law promotes highway safety
Governor reverses his stance by signing bill that requires motorists to slow down and change lanes to avoid roadside emergency
By Gary Richards
MEDIANEWS
Less than a year after he vetoed a bill requiring California drivers to move over or slow down when approaching a roadside emergency along state highways, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reversed course and signed the 'Move Over, Slow Down' legislation.
The bill sponsored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, mirrors laws in 37 states and goes into effect Jan. 1.
'I am gratified by the governor's signature of this common sense solution to a preventable problem,' Simitian said in a news release. 'This bill is about promoting highway safety, plain and simple. I hope that it will put a stop to the senseless deaths of police officers, tow truck drivers, paramedics, and other emergency personnel who are simply helping stranded motorists.'
The law was the brainchild of tow truck driver Daniel Leon of Hayward.
The governor vetoed the bill last year, saying that forcing drivers to change lanes could pose additional risks in a state where traffic congestion is among the worst in the country. At the time, Schwarzenegger called the bill 'unnecessary' and said it 'could result in the unintended consequences of additional roadway hazards' by causing unnecessary lane changes.
In the past five years, errant drivers have killed a dozen police officers and state road workers. Since 1924, nearly 200 have been killed.
In Florida, a law enacted in 2002 is promoted on billboards and electronic signs, and troopers hand out pamphlets explaining it. No officers have been killed by errant drivers since.
The national "Move Over" campaign took off in earnest, six years ago, led partly by Lara Feinberg, whose husband is a state trooper in North Carolina. After his partner was killed in a roadside accident, she led the effort to enact legislation in that state and others.
Labels: California, Florida, North Carolina, Traffic School
Friday, September 29, 2006
Hollister California Police DUI Checkpoints Planned For Fair Weekend
Friday, September 29, 2006
By Michael Van Cassell
Hollister - The Hollister Police Department will be operating a sobriety checkpoint within the City of Hollister Friday from 7pm to 2am.
The police department hopes the checkpoint will deter motorists from driving under the influence. The check point will targets roads where there is a high frequency of drunk driving, according to the police department. All vehicle cross the check point will be stopped and checked.
'It's a good way to remind people to be safe and catch those who aren't,' Hollister Police Captain Bob Brooks said."
Labels: California, Traffic School
Monday, September 18, 2006
We can learn from schools of fish
Labels: California, Technology, Traffic School
Saturday, May 27, 2006
05/25/2006 Northern Californians - Memorial Day weekend
Three-dollar-a-gallon gasoline is altering but not derailing, travel plans, according to the American Automobile Association.
'People are traveling closer to home and taking fewer road trips,' said Cynthia Harris, Northern California AAA spokeswoman.
About 5 million Californians will journey at least 50 miles from home, according to an AAA news release. Four million will be in cars.
The number of travelers will barely increase compared to last year, Harris said.
The annual increase is usually two to three percent, but the auto group expects less than one percent positive change this year. Expensive hotel rates, rental car prices up almost 20 percent, and fewer and high priced domestic flights are persuading people to stick closer to home, Harris said."
Labels: California, Traffic School
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Email Warns of Dallas Texas Speed Traps is Hoax
Questionable e-mail warns of speed trapsBy Traci ShurleyStar-Telegram Staff WriterThe caution it urges might not be a bad idea, but an e-mail describing a "speeding ticket frenzy" in the Metroplex smells like a hoax.
The message popped up in inboxes last week. It warns that the Dallas Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety are launching a 30-day crackdown on speeders, with extra troopers and officers expected to generate $9 million in fines. Familiar freeways like Interstate 20 and Texas 360 are listed as targets.
That would be news to Sgt. Gil Cerda, a Dallas police spokesman.
"I heard about it yesterday. But I don't know anything about any speeding-ticket frenzy," Cerda said Saturday.
A Web site devoted to urban myths, www.snopes.com, says that nearly identical e-mails have circulated in California, New Jersey and Tennessee since May.
Labels: California, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas
California Highway Patrol Takes Zero Tolerance Approach to Speeding on Highway 49
Friday, November 18, 2005
Speed Camera Problems: Trucks Can Cause Speeding Ticket Errors
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
... WASHINGTON -- Drivers who get speeding tickets in the mail and claim they were not speeding have plenty of evidence that they may be right, according to a ...
Labels: California
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Traffic Speeding - SGVTribune.com - News
Traffic program look to reduce speeding, glut
DIAMOND BAR -- A new traffic management program is designed to reduce speeds and cut-through gridlock on Diamond Bar streets while giving residents a way to channel frustrations into action.
Labels: California
Monday, September 12, 2005
San Bernardino County Sun - News
Labels: California
Sunday, July 03, 2005
FOX40 KTXL | Holiday DUI Crackdown
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
685 speeding citations issued in San Diego, Orange Counties in I-5 crackdown
1:34 p.m. June 16, 2005, SAN DIEGO - The California Highway Patrol issued many times more than the usual amount of speeding tickets on Interstate 5 in San Diego and Orange counties during a special 24-hour statewide crackdown, the agency reported Thursday. "
Labels: California
Thursday, June 16, 2005
CHP strikes down speeding on Interstate 5
Labels: California
Friday, June 10, 2005
Sonoma Index Tribune, CHP will target speeders along Highway 121
Labels: California
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
KESQ NewsChannel 3 Palm Springs, CA: Speeding a problem near intersection where 11-year-old was hit
Labels: California
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