Although I am retired and every day is a holiday, I enjoy meeting with friends on Fridays for what is commonly known as “Happy Hour.”  Pio Loco is our meeting ground and a time to vent concerns, events, gripes or…

“76 in a 65, I got him.”  As I approached the vehicle on the passenger side and leaned in to speak with the driver, I started with my standard, “Good afternoon, I stopped you for exceeding the posted speed limit. …

In keeping with the purpose of these articles, the following is a request from a reader:

Any chance of doing one on modifying imports with fuel rails, nitrous, turbo chargers, etc.  I get a lot of questions at the drag strip…

I really enjoy getting emails from everyone with various questions and or concerns.  The following I received recently and did not think too much about my answer, believing that pretty much everyone was aware of what the law was regarding…

Over the past weeks of being able to provide the public with various traffic safety related information, I have received emails from folks requesting specific information that my be useful or informative to others.

The following are their specific inquires and…

Over the past weeks of being able to provide the public with various traffic safety related information, I have received emails from folks requesting specific information that may be useful or informative to others.

The following are two specific inquires and…

After discussing motorcycles splitting traffic, several readers expressed a concern regarding loud exhaust systems.  As with most equipment violations, exhaust systems have specific limitations and requirements.

People hold different opinions about how loud is too loud, but the following is what…

Remember when you were 4 or 5 years old and would be standing on the front seat of the family car when all of a sudden your mom would hit the brakes and her right arm would fly out to…

Being No. 1 is something that a lot of us strive for.  The No. 1 football team.  No. 1 on the record charts.

Here in Redding we’re No. 1, and it isn’t good. We have a drinking and driving problem.  Redding is No. 5…

There is a right way and a wrong way of doing things, and when it comes to driving, doing it the right way gets my vote.  I have received many concerns involving right-of-way violations.

Merging into traffic, whether it is from…

Shortly after my first retirement from the California Highway Patrol, I became a volunteer American Association of Retired Persons driving instructor.  At the end of my first day of class, I contacted AARP and asked if I could make referrals…

By a show of hands, how many peoplebelieve it’s unlawful to drive without your shoes on?  How about, it’s unlawful to read or view written material from the driver’s position?  How about the law against eating or drinking that requires…

There was a time when you would pile as many kids as would fit in the back of the pickup truck, stuff a few leftovers in the cab and head on down the highway, thinking everything is fine.  I recall…

You’re traveling down a two-lane freeway in the fast lane (known to law enforcement as the #1 lane) with your cruise control set at 70 miles per hour.  Approximately a quarter-mile ahead of you, there are two commercial tractors and…

You’re sitting in traffic, it’s hot and you are slowly making your way towards the head of the line, when suddenly some guy on a motorcycle passes you and is now at the front of the line.  That’s just not…

So you’re going down the road, minding your own business, traveling at the speed limit and you look in your rearview mirror and all you can see is the up-close face of the driver behind you or the bold lettering…