Tempe Grappled a 140-MPH Corvette and Booked Its Driver. A Year Later, No Felony Case Shows Up in Superior Court
A year after Tempe police used a Grappler to stop a 140-mph Corvette and booked the driver on a felony,…
traffic safety
Malibu’s PCH Speed Cameras Logged 100,000 Violations in Nine Days. Now the City Is Rechecking the Speed Limit
Malibu's PCH speed cameras logged about 100,000 violations in a nine-day test. The city's own 2025 data predicted it, and…
Alexandria Seminary Road Camera’s Bad Tickets Climb to 834 After Audit
The first number was 115. The real number is 834. In August, the Alexandria Police...
Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Accused of Speeding Through School Zones. Texas Already Knows Whose Name Goes on the Ticket: Tesla’s
NHTSA is weighing a defect petition on about 1,000 Tesla Robotaxis accused of speeding in active school zones. With no…
NHTSA Is Finally Taking Aim at Headlights That Blind You. It Told Congress What Was Wrong in 2007
NHTSA is convening its first negotiated rulemaking on vehicle lighting in more than 25 years. Whether glare gets better depends…
Cops Pulled Over a Waymo With ‘No Driver, No Hands, No Clue.’ California’s Answer Is a Ticket With No Fine.
Since July 1, California police can write up driverless cars. The notice goes to the company and the DMV, and…
Chicago’s Speed Cameras Spat Out a Ticket Every 17 Seconds in 2024. Most Were for 6 to 10 MPH Over.
City records show Chicago mailed 1.84 million speed camera tickets in 2024. The $35 tier for 6 to 10 mph…
Missouri Driver Beat a Speed-Trap Headlight Ticket in Federal Court. In California, Flashing After Dark Can Still Cost $247.
A Missouri driver beat a speed-trap headlight ticket in federal court. In California, flashing high beams after dark can still…
Police Say a Driver Stopped for High Beams on Florida’s Longboat Key Climbed Into the Back Seat, Then Refused Sobriety Tests
Longboat Key police say a driver stopped for high beams moved to the back seat as his passenger claimed the…
Ninth DUI Arrest, No License, No Interlock: Nothing in the SUV Was Built to Stop Him
Police found a gray SUV blocking a Waukegan street at 1:21 a.m. The driver, prosecutors say, had eight prior DUI…
Philadelphia’s Speed Cameras Billed a Dallas Man for a Mercedes. The Plate Came Off His Buick in 2022.
A Texas plate number canceled in 2022 turned up on a dark Mercedes in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania’s camera law sent…
Two Drivers Stopped in the Middle of I-70 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and One Grabbed a Tire Iron — Then Both Got the Same Summons
Two drivers stopped in live I-70 lanes in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and one pulled out what appeared to be a…
Troopers Say He Blew Kisses at the Driver Filming Him on I-75, Brake-Checked Him, and Drove Off. They Found Him at Home That Night.
FHP says a pickup driver blew kisses at a man recording him on I-75 in Riverview, brake-checked him into a…
Florida Kicked the Plate Cameras Off Its Highways. The Ones That Mail You Tickets Keep Spreading.
Florida pulled license plate readers off state highways. Red-light, school-zone and school bus cameras that mail tickets are still spreading,…
Watch: A Semi’s Brakes Went Up in Smoke on I-70. Colorado Built a Pile of Gravel for Exactly This Moment.
A semi with smoking brakes bailed into a runaway truck ramp on Colorado's I-70. Here's how the ramps work, why…