Driving to D.C.? Make sure your license plates won't expire while you're there. The District of Columbia apparently is the only place in the nation where drivers can be arrested and jailed if their plates are more than 30 days out of date, according to the Washington Post. The Post [...]
Here's an interesting story from the Associated Press: -------------- By LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press CHICAGO — Strong driver’s license laws have led to fewer fatal crashes among 16-year-olds but with a disturbing side effect — more fatal accidents among 18-year-olds, a nationwide study found. Many states require young drivers to [...]
The first indication of Friday night's DUI/license checkpoint in Santa Rosa were the half dozen or so protesters holding reflective signs saying "RETEN" in Spanish for checkpoint. But before drivers knew it, they were being funneled amid flashing police lights into one lane on eastbound Fourth Street in [...]
The DMV last month unveiled a new look and feel to its website, and it's definitely easier to find information. It's all part of the DMV's effort to be customer friendly, said Mike Marando, a DMV spokesman. Online you can do many of the common actions that used to require [...]
Virtually every day the Sonoma County CHP issues a news release reporting its latest DUI arrests. This Friday, the county's Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force begins a two-week crackdown, including checkpoints. Last year, 3,073 DUI cases were filed in the county, court records show. So what's the cost if [...]
With the state budget finally approve, the DMV has resumed its normal processing of car registration renewals but owners are getting a 30-day grace period. A DMV statement says registrations due in July, August and September can be renewed online -- CLICK HERE -- without waiting for a bill from [...]
Reeling from the deaths of three workers over the last two months, Caltrans this week launched a statewide campaign to remind drivers that the law requires them to move over or to slow down when passing stopped Caltrans or emergency vehicles with flashing lights. The warning is posted on 700 [...]
A state law takes effect July 1 to eliminate a loophole that allowed traffic violators to go to traffic school more often than they should've. Now, when you complete traffic school your conviction is stamped "dismissed" and it doesn't go on your record, so it appears as though there never [...]
It's official: If your car registration is due to be renewed July 1 or later, you'll get an extra month to pay it. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation early this month approving the delay, which is a tactic by state Democrats to buy time to reach a budget deal and [...]
If your car registration is due to be renewed July 1 or later, you may get an extra month to pay it. But it's all part of a effort by state Democrats to buy time to reach a budget deal and to keep vehicle license fees from dropping. As part [...]