Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Traffic Enforcement

If you’re a cyclist, and you have family or close friends who are not, you’ve probably gotten in to an argument about those darn cyclists who are always running stop signs.  If you’re blessed only with family and friends who ride, then you just get to hear about those scofflaw cyclists from the police and […]

An Early Show correspondent demonstrates It’s nice to see a story about DUI laws that don’t involve a celebrity and an ankle bracelet. Starting next month, Los Angeles will be one of four counties to require all licensed drivers found guilty of a DUI to have a breathalyzer placed in their vehicles.  If a driver […]

There’s encouraging movement in Washington on a different automated-enforcement front: a rule to equip new cars with "black boxes" capable of recording up to 60 seconds worth of pre-crash data. The NYPD investigation into the 2008 crash that killed cyclist Rasha Shamoon relied heavily on interviews with the driver and his passengers. What might black […]

Photo: Whittier.edu ABC7 described Miguel Santana as "the most powerful non-elected official" in Los Angeles when they wrote that the administrator in charge of balancing the city budget was "busted" for a DUI.  Two months later, the verdict was handed down for Santana, who was caught drunk driving in Covina on his way home from […]