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A Missouri driver beat a speed-trap headlight ticket in federal court. In California, flashing high beams after dark can still…
San Diego State can immobilize cars with five unpaid tickets. California Vehicle Code 22651.7(b) bars private lots and HOAs from…
California used-car buyers now get something the finance office can’t talk them out of: three...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed four drunk-driving bills on September 25. His office’s announcement describes stiffer...
Kentucky's HB 425 would have let a judge order a street racer's car destroyed. It died April 15. Louisville, Las…
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least…
Bailee Lynn Rios faces two second-degree murder counts in the Chatsworth Metro bus crash. Whether she's charged for the three…
California's new heavy-duty AV rules demand a million autonomous miles before a driverless semi can deploy, but up to 800,000…
Before anyone pictures a driverless Peterbilt barreling down I-5 at 3 a.m., a correction: robot...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed three car bills on September 16. Two of them got a...
On Sept. 23, 2020, Newsom signed the order behind the California gas car ban. It never banned a gas car,…
Waymo spotted a firearm in one of its driverless cars, stopped it and called police. The cameras, the hotline and…
A one-day Orange County crackdown produced 18 loud exhaust citations. The real story is what happens to those tickets after…
California is switching to a three-numbers-three-letters-one-number plate sequence. The math is identical to the old format, which tells you the…
Zoox holds two of California’s four robotaxi permits, and neither one allows it to take your money. The free rides…