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Friday, at 7:09 by

Here are a few thoughts from Road Warrior readers: A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION Now that the Spring is here and people are out buying plants for the yards, perhaps you could help me understand a dangerous intersection. People turning from Highway 12 to Calistoga Road and in the left left-turn lane sometimes then turn left into the nursery just when you turn on Calistoga Road immediately. Of course, this is a complete surprise to the drivers behind them and probably an… Read More »

SRPD on watch for traffic violations in front of station

Sunday, at 7:00 by

Santa Rosa police won’t have far to go to enforce traffic violations at one of the city’s most dangerous intersections. It’s right out the police station’s front doors. Traffic officers this Monday through Sunday are scheduled to monitor Sonoma Avenue at Brookwood Avenue, which last year was tied with six traffic collisions as the city’s 10th most dangerous intersection. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are… Read More »

SRPD targets southside intersection

Saturday, at 9:20 by

Santa Rosa traffic police officers this Monday through Sunday will monitor one of the city’s eighth most dangerous intersections — Maple Avenue at Brookwood Avenue, which last year was tied with eight traffic collisions. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions, CLICK HERE.… Read More »

SRPD targets dangerous intersection — the one out its front door

Sunday, at 6:40 by

Santa Rosa police officers this week will monitor one of the city’s most dangerous intersections — the one right out in front of the police station. The intersection at Sonoma Avenue at Brookwood Avenue last year was tied for the 10th-highest number of collisions with six. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations.… Read More »

South Santa Rosa intersection targeted by police

Sunday, at 6:00 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Maple Avenue at Brookwood Avenue, which was tied for the eighth-highest number of collisions last year with eight. As part of a special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions,… Read More »

Santa Rosa intersections with most collisions

Tuesday, at 6:08 by

Here are 24 intersections in Santa Rosa where you want to be particularly careful because, for one reason or the other, they had the most collisions last year: No. 1: Sebastopol Road at Stony Point Road, with 20 collisions in 2010 compared to 19 in 2009. It ranked No. 1 for the second straight year. To read more about this intersection, CLICK HERE. No. 2: Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard, with 17 collisions vs. 16 last year, and again was… Read More »