Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Traffic Enforcement

Eyes on the Street: LAPD Wants Our Help to Find Hit and Run Driver of a Yellow VW Bug

By Damien Newton | May 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

As another sign of the ongoing cooperation between the LAPD and the cycling community, the police are turning to the online advocacy community for help finding a hit and run driver from yesterday. The flyer says it all. Anyone who has no information, but is interested in following the trend of a new, more responsive, […]

Couple Who Ran Down USC Student and Ran Off Get Maximum Sentence

By Damien Newton | May 24, 2010 | 12 Comments

Adrian Bachan’s mother grieves at a memorial held in April of 2009. Photo via Associated Press Last March, Claudia Cabrera was speeding through South L.A. with her boyfriend at her side and their seven month old in the back seat. After a couple of drinks, Cabrera failed to notice a pair of USC students legally […]

Glendale Traffic Cops Botch Report on Fatal Bike Crash

By Damien Newton | May 17, 2010 | 12 Comments

Site of the crash. Not the business district. Image: Google Street View When we last checked in with the Glendale Police Department, we were entertained by the sight of an officer in a giant bunny costume being used in a traffic sting to catch motorists that ignored pedestrian crossing. The story wasn’t just encouraging, officers […]

A Tale of Two Crashes…

By Damien Newton | May 3, 2010 | 9 Comments

I think it was the tree. Photo: Fourbyfourblazer/Flickr Last Sunday, a cyclist was forced off his bike when trying to avoid colliding with a car that raced out of a parking lot on Sunset Boulevard. The cyclist went over his handlebars, while the vehicle sped off. Another cyclist, who did not know the victim, raced […]

California Assembly Hits, Kills Traffic Justice Bill

By Matthew Roth and Michael Rhodes | Apr 21, 2010 | No Comments

The intersection of Market and Octavia — one of the most dangerous in San Francisco for cyclists. Flickr photo: sfbike Safe streets advocates often ruefully say, "if you want to kill someone and get away with it, do it in a car." In fact, unless alcohol is involved, very few motorists who kill vulnerable road […]

Gritzner Pleads “No Contest” to Hit and Run of Roadblock

By Damien Newton | Apr 16, 2010 | 14 Comments

Gritzner via Facebook Earlier today, Glenn Gritzner, through his attorney, pleaded "no contest" in the hit and run case where he struck the popular local cyclist known as Roadblock and fled the scene of the crash at 1:00 a.m. last May 19. Gritzner’s plea was to a class 1 misdemeanor for property damage and he […]

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