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Teaching a little horn honking etiquette
Dear Street Smarts, Q: Horn honking is a gripe of mine. People do it to ‘say hi.’ Enough already. Call your friends when you’re stopped or home. Use your horn for what it was intended. It’s just more noise pollution … Continue reading
Posted in DMV, police, smog test, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged DMV, horns, police, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, smog check, transportation
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Read Street Smarts, put down the cell phone and drive, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: Thanks for your dedication to what might seem like a boring assignment but you provide a very important service. Too bad more people aren’t reading – I try to read all of them – because it … Continue reading
Challenges of enforcing speed law on Mission Street, pt. 2
Editor’s note: Today’s Street Smarts column is a second installment from Ken Black, who retired from the Santa Cruz Police Department after more than 25 years of service; 18 years of those were spent as a motorcycle patrol officer. Now … Continue reading
Posted in police, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police, speed, Uncategorized
Tagged Mission Street, police, Public safety, Santa Cruz, schools, speed
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Challenges of enforcing speed on Mission Street from retired SCPD officer
Editor’s note: Today’s Street Smarts column comes from Ken Black, a retired Santa Cruz Police officer. Now a teacher in the Ukraine, Black still reads Street Smarts. Consequently, he mailed seeking to weigh in on the recent conversation about the … Continue reading
Posted in Mission Street, police, Public safety, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police, speed, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Mission Street, police, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police Department, speed
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Traffic conditions at 41st, Clares not perfect but we’re trying, Capitola says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I will refrain from opining about the necessity of a no right on red sign at the corner of Clares Street and 41st Avenue in Capitola. However, there is an issue with visibility of the no … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, police, public works, traffic signs, Uncategorized
Tagged 41st Avenue, Capitola, Clares, police, public works, traffic signs
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Left turn from far right lane on Clares onto 41st illegal
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I found it interesting that in your column, Thursday, Oct. 4, nothing was mentioned about the left turn from Clares Street onto 41st Avenue coming from Trader Joe’s. This also changed in July. Now, it’s not … Continue reading
‘No Right on Red’ rule at Clares needs to go, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: As a Clares Street resident, I’m one of the drivers now suffering from the awful decision to not allow right turns on 41st Avenue from Clares. Now we can’t turn right on red lights and, to … Continue reading
Posted in Capitola, Capitola Police, Capitola Public Works, congestion, police, public works, traffic, Uncategorized
Tagged 41st Avenue, Capitola, Clares Street, congestion, pedestrians, police, public works, traffic
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Have you heard…?
Many of you probably subscribe to or have a preferred source for traffic information before you hit the road. Perhaps, it’s a traffic website or radio station. Maybe your navigation device can warn you of trouble up ahead. Here’s one … Continue reading
Posted in police, traffic, Uncategorized
Tagged communications, crash, fire, police, traffic
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SVPD hosts motorcycle training Sept. 30
Motorcycle riders can pick the brains of six current and former police officers who ride motorcycles as part of their job and recreational lives. Combined the group has more than 100 years of riding experience. Scotts Valley Police and Farmer’s … Continue reading
Posted in motorcycle, police, Scotts Valley, Uncategorized
Tagged education, motorcycle, police, safety, Scotts Valley
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Cracking down on Mission Street speeders not easy, police say
Dear Street Smarts, Q: In response to the suggestions on how to deal with Mission Street problem, one major problem was not mentioned. Speeding is rampant with zero police enforcement. Since Measure H was heavily pushed and passed with the … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, Mission Street, Santa Cruz, speed, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Mission Street, police, Santa Cruz, speed, transportation
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