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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
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