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Category Archives: Capitola Police
Tale of people driving badly
In between assignments Thursday, I lounged in Capitola for a bit. While there, I caught people behaving badly behind the wheel of deadly weapons. In my first encounter, I was sitting on a bench around 10 a.m. along … Continue reading
Posted in California Driver Handbook, Capitola, Capitola Police, CHP, Uncategorized
Tagged California Driver Handbook, Capitola, Capitola Police, CHP
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Adults often use kids as excuse to beat speeding ticket, nanny blog says
Drivers come up with the darndest things to tell a police officer in the hopes of averting a speeding ticket. When I lived in Arizona in the late 90s, I was on my way from from work late one night … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, child passenger safety, CHP, driver education, Driver safety, Scotts Valley, Scotts Valley Police, speed, teen drivers, teens, traffic citation, traffic ticket, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, Capitola Police, child passengers, CHP, driver education, Driver safety, Scotts Valley, Scotts Valley Police, speed, teen drivers, teens, traffic ticket
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Educating officers to crack down on drugged drivers
Drug detection experts are coming to a DUI checkpoint near you. This, as the number of drugged drivers on the road climbs, according to the state Office of Traffic Safety. Earlier this week, the agency reported 30 percent of drivers … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, CHP, Driving impaired, DUI, NHTSA, Office of Traffic Safety, teen drivers, teens, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, Capitola Police, CHP, Driving impaired, DUI, NHTSA, Office of Traffic Safety, teen drivers, teens
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An out of state visitor seeks help in taking care of traffic ticket
Dear Street Smarts, Q: My step-son was visiting from Atlanta several weeks ago and was observed by the traffic camera not stopping and going through the red light. He was driving my wife’s car. The notice violation and picture showed … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, consumer affairs, driver education, red light camera, traffic citation, traffic ticket, traffic violation, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, Capitola Police, consumer affairs, driver education, red light camera, traffic citation, traffic ticket, traffic violation
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The anatomy of posting a speed limit
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I am just curious. Do you get a lot of complaints regarding the illogical speed limit of 25 mph on Capitola Road in front of the Capitola DMV? I recently was issued a ticket here and … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, consumer affairs, DMV, law enforcement, pedestrians, police, Public safety, speed, Speed limit, traffic citation, Traffic Enforcement, traffic laws, traffic signs, traffic ticket, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, Capitola Police, consumer affairs, DMV, law enforcement, pedestrians, Public safety, speed, Speed limit, traffic citation, Traffic Enforcement, traffic laws, traffic signs, traffic ticket
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What’s law enforcement’s role in private parking lots?, reader asks
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I work in the Brown Ranch Marketplace in Capitola. Over the past week, the Capitola Police Department has been ticketing cars in our parking lot for missing registration tags, parking or standing in a fire zone … Continue reading
Posted in California Vehicle Code, Capitola, Capitola Police, DUI, law enforcement, parking, traffic citation, traffic laws, traffic ticket
Tagged California Vehicle Code, Capitola, Capitola Police Department, DUI, law enforcement, parking, traffic citation, traffic laws, traffic ticket
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Reader questions pedestrian rights versus driver responsibilities in Capitola village
Dear Street Smarts, Q: With regard to the crosswalks going across Stockton Avenue into the village in Capitola, I had an incident a couple of weeks back. As you may be aware, is an extremely busy section of street with both … Continue reading
Posted in California Driver Handbook, California Vehicle Code, Capitola, Capitola Police, crosswalks, DMV, driver education, Driver safety, pedestrian education, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, police, Public safety, traffic citation, traffic laws, traffic ticket, traffic violation, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, crosswalk, DMV, driver education, Driver safety, pedestrian education, pedestrian safety, pedestrians, police, Public safety, traffic citation, traffic laws, traffic ticket, traffic violation
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Capitola awarded $53K for traffic safety programs
Capitola has been awarded one of 198 grants being handed out statewide by the California Office of Traffic Safety. The state agency is giving away $67 million in traffic safety grants to help communities and agencies with their long term … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, child passenger safety, child seats, DUI, law enforcement, money, police, roads, speed, traffic laws, traffic violation, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, Capitola Mall, Capitola Police, child passenger safety, child seats, DUI, law enforcement, OTS, roads, speed, traffic laws, traffic violations
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Reader questions his red light violation in Capitola
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I was recently cited by the Capitola traffic camera when I was making a right turn from 41st Avenue onto Clares Street. I came to a complete stop on 41st and proceeded to make a right … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, police, Traffic camera, traffic citation, traffic laws, traffic light, traffic signal, traffic ticket, traffic violation, Uncategorized
Tagged Capitola, police, Traffic camera, traffic citation, traffic laws, traffic light, traffic signal, traffic ticket, traffic violation
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Bicycles in crosswalks: Do motorists have to stop?
Dear Street Smarts, Q: Are motorists supposed to treat cyclists and pedestrians the same way when approaching a crosswalk? I observed cyclists at a crosswalk yelling at motorists to stop because they were attempting to cross the street on bikes. … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, bicycle education, bike safety, California Driver Handbook, Capitola Police, CHP, consumer affairs, crosswalks, cycling, DMV, driver education, Driver safety, law enforcement, pedestrians, Santa Cruz Police, Scotts Valley Police, traffic laws, traffic violation, Uncategorized
Tagged bicycle education, bicycle safety, bicycles, California Vehicle Code, crosswalk, driver education, Driver safety, pedestrians, traffic laws, traffic violation
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