Santa Rosa police will be running a DUI/license checkpoint from 6 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday. The location wasn't revealed. "DUI arrests can be embarrassing and expensive, but they're easy to prevent," Sgt. Rich Celli said in a statement. "If you're drinking, hand your keys over to a designated, [...]
Here's my Christmas wish list for all of us who drive: 1. That everyone always use their blinkers when switching lanes or turning. Besides being the law, it's just plain nice to give me some warning before you suddenly move into my lane. 2. That Caltrans finally raises the speed [...]
Starting tonight and continuing through Sunday night, local police officers are stepping up their DUI enforcement. Among the agencies participating are the CHP and Petaluma police. Petaluma Sgt. Ken Savano said extra officers will be on the streets in some areas, and all officers are being extra vigilant for DUI [...]
Thinking about trying to trick the CHP the next time you get stopped? Well, here's some examples where it didn't work. Last Sunday, the CHP stopped a VW Jetta after seeing the driver make an unsafe U-turn on Stony Point Road near Todd Road. But as the officer walked up [...]
The deaths of thousands of Americans could be avoided if there was strict enforcement of DUI laws, widespread use of cameras to catch speeders and greater federal involvement in traffic laws, according to a study by the National Research Council. The Washington Post offers a thorough story on the study. [...]
DUI/license checkpoints will be held tonight and Saturday night as part of a 18-day campaign by Sonoma County police agencies cracking down on drunken drivers. Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken Savano, coordinator for the Avoid the 13-Sonoma County DUI Task Force, said in a statement that police would not disclose which [...]
Santa Rosa police tonight will hold a DUI/license checkpoint, while 25 officers from around Sonoma County will out looking for drunken-driving suspects and those with warrants. The checkpoint will be 7 p.m. today to 2 a.m. Saturday, police said. It's location is not being disclosed by police. For the other [...]
A Vallejo man was arrested this week for the 10th time on a DUI-related charge. Here's a news release from Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken Savano about it: Incident: 10 Time Habitual DUI Offender Arrested After 3 DUI Crashes in 2 Months Locations: Petaluma, California Summary: On Thursday, August 19, 2010, [...]
A major crackdown on DUI drivers starts today for 18 days across Sonoma County with extra officers looking for drunken drivers and four DUI/license checkpoints this weekend. It's all part of the county's Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force's "summer mobilization" campaign, which itself is part of a nationwide DUI [...]
Petaluma police tonight will hold two DUI/license checkpoints from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The checkpoints are part of a department program to crack down on drunken drivers and those driving on suspended licenses or without a license at all. Petaluma has held several checkpoints this year and is the [...]