The tally is in from April's statewide Distracted Driving Awareness Month crackdown, and police throughout California wrote more than 57,000 tickets to drivers for using a hand-held cellphone or texting, according to the state Office of Traffic Safety. Of those, the CHP issued about 30,000 statewide, including about 5,900 in [...]
It's watch-out-for-bicyclists week. As Sonoma County gears up for Sunday's start to the Amgen Tour of California, drivers will be encountering many more bicyclists than normal along with some traffic delays and road closures. But the key for all will be safety. The brunt of that responsibility will fall to [...]
The North Coast's highways are a bit cleaner these days, especially Highway 53 in Lake County. The highway is only about 7.5 miles long, from Lower Lake to Clearlake Oaks. But Caltrans considers it the dirtiest highway in Lake and Mendocino counties. So last Thursday, which was designated [...]
Extra police officers will out on patrol this weekend looking for DUI drivers. It's part of Sonoma County's anti-DUI Avoid the 13 task force, and it's being conducted this weekend because Saturday is St. Patrick's Day, a time when some people celebrate a bit too much and then drive. The [...]
Traffic crashes rose last year, but fatalities dropped as did tickets and DUI arrests by the Sonoma County CHP, according to the latest statistics. A total of 2,485 crashes were investigated by the local CHP, which covers Sonoma County except for part of the Sonoma Valley. That's up from 2,405 [...]
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to add about 42 miles of roads to the county's list of priority roads that will receive enough maintenance to keep them in good shape. That's on top of the 155.9 miles of roads that the board made a priority last [...]
Which intersection in Sonoma County do you think is the worst? It may be one where the use has overwhelmed the design, where there's a safety problem, where traffic needlessly backs up or one where you just dread using for whatever reason. Let us know which intersection [...]
We've had some questions from readers wondering about the hours of carpool lanes in Sonoma County and such, so we pitched them to Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus to answer: Why are the HOV lanes on 101 in Marin County just one direction in the morning and evening but both directions [...]
With more carpool lanes being built along Highway 101 in Sonoma County, we've been wondering how many people carpool and use the lanes. Here are some facts and figures we've come across: Carpooling remains at historic lows The [...]
Here's a question from a Road Warrior reader: This is a situation that I see all the time in Sonoma County. I think there's potential risk either way. I'm curious what the legal answer is to this: There's a car in front of you turning left, waiting for oncoming traffic to clear. [...]