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SRJC-area intersection gets extra police attention

Saturday, at 1:22 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections — Mendocino Avenue at Silva Avenue near SRJC, which last year was tied for sixth worst with eight collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers… Read More »

SRJC-area intersection under police scrutiny

Saturday, at 8:55 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s sixth most dangerous intersections — Mendocino Avenue at Silva Avenue, which last year had 8 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of the city’s top… Read More »

Santa Rosa’s 25 most dangerous intersections

Monday, at 9:00 by

Here are Santa Rosa’s most dangerous intersections, based on the number of collisions at each in 2011 as reported by the Santa Rosa Police Department. Each week during the year, Santa Rosa motorcycle officers typically spend part of their day at one of these intersections, looking for traffic violators, with the idea of trying to make them safer. No. 1 Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard, with 18 collisions in 2011. In 2010, this intersection ranked second with 17 collisions. To… Read More »

SRJC-area intersection targeted by police

Saturday, at 10:19 by

Santa Rosa traffic police officers this week will monitor one of the city’s fifth most dangerous intersections — Mendocino Avenue at Silva Avenue, which last year was tied with 12 traffic collisions. The intersection is just a block north of Santa Rosa Junior College. 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… Read More »

Police target intersection near SRJC

Sunday, at 6:30 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Mendocino Avenue at Silva Avenue, which had the fifth-highest number of collisions last year with 12. Officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding and are committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions, CLICK HERE.

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 »