2013

At the end of last week, police in the city of Chula Vista sought to crack down on drivers using their cellphones at the wheel.  As a result of the six hour operation this past Friday, 40 persons found themselves on the receiving end of a ticket for distracted driving.  One additional driver pulled over… read more

Californians planning to use Independence Day as an excuse for a four-day weekend trip to Reno be warned:  police are going to be on the lookout for intoxicated persons at the wheel. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Police Departments of Reno and Sparks are teaming up for the effort, which is a component… read more

We recently discussed the many grants that have been rewarded throughout the state in order to make improvements in matters of safety.  In the areas of Orange County and Los Angeles Counties alone, the California Office of Traffic Safety made over $10 million available for a variety of safety initiatives.  In Glendale, $228,000 has been… read more

This past Friday, police in the city of La Mesa took part in an anti-distracted driving operation made possible through funds supplied by the NHTSA and the California Office of Traffic Safety.  For six hours, the Traffic Safety Enforcement Program was in effect, and as a result, 56 people found themselves on the receiving end… read more

Tomorrow, drivers in the city of Soledad might see an increase in the number of officers out on the road due to an anti-distracted driving patrol effort being enacted.  Using funds made available from the California Office of Traffic Safety, officers will increase patrols around those areas of the city that tend to be the… read more

We recently brought you word of the results of California law enforcement officials’ distracted driving crackdown in April, and now further information has been provided.  Although cellphone usage appears to have decreased as a whole, that isn’t the case with texting.  During a previous observation period, only 1.7% of drivers could be described as texting… read more

Last month found the California Highway Patrol and more than 250 other law enforcement organizations cracking down on distracted driving.  Now, just in time for Memorial Day weekend, we finally have an idea of how successful the operation was as a whole. All in all, 57,000 motor vehicle operators were cited for using their cellphones… read more

The area between Mountain View and Millabrae played host to a slew of distracted driving citations handed out by the California Highway Patrol as part of a month long crackdown operation this April.  425 citations were handed out in the area during the April timeframe, and of those, a whopping 340 were directed toward drivers… read more

Results are pouring in from last month’s Distracted Driving Enforcement Operation carried out all across California as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and this time it’s the Newport Beach Police Department sharing their success.  Over the course of April, officers issued 510 tickets to persons caught texting or using a handheld cellphone to… read more

More results are filtering in from the California-wide distracted driving crackdown that took place throughout the month of April.  Police with the city of South San Francisco reportedly issued 343 tickets for distracted driving violations, with many of those citations directed toward persons using their cellphones to either text or talk.  Even though hands-free phone… read more

Now that California’s statewide crackdown on distracted driving in the month of April has drawn to a close, the results from that operation have begun to roll in.  In Petaluma, the police department issued a total of 417 tickets to persons who were distracted at the wheel.  Not surprisingly, the majority of those were for… read more

Just in time for Motorcycle Safety Awareness month, police in the city of Folsom plan to carry out a Motorcycle Safety Enforcement Operation up until the end of May.  Extra attention will be paid to those sections of the city where crashes of such vehicles tend to occur with greater regularity.  Not only will police… read more