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While police did give some warning they would increase patrols on HOV lanes in Northern Virginia and Maryland, it didn’t put a huge dent in the number of violaters ticketed Wednesday for HOV violations. The enforcement event was dubbed Capital Region HOV Awareness by the Virginia State Police.
Police reported that the effort resulted in [...]
When it comes to drinking and driving, almost everyone is familiar with the risks and penalties. But what about drinking and boating, two activities which more traditionally go hand in hand?
Just because you’re driving on the water instead of pavement doesn’t mean the rules are any more lax. In fact, Virginia is stepping up its [...]
Say you traveled to another state for your Memorial Day vacation, and received a ticket for speeding or other moving traffic violation. Does it follow you back to your home state?
The quick and dirty answer is a resounding YES. You can always hope for a bureaucratic error, or some kind of technical problem in the [...]
Fairfax County police officers conducted a sobriety checkpoint last Friday in the West Springfield police district.
As they so often do, the checkpoint was announced in a news release and on the county’s website the morning of. Despite this, four DWI citations were still given out.
648 vehicles passed through the checkpoint on Old Keene [...]
A Petersburg, VA driver whose ambulance was struck by a car fleeing polic has been charged with reckless driving.
The Virginia State Police said the ambulance driver was trying to prevent a suspect from fleeing police, and in doing so operated the vehicle in a reckless manner.
Kevin D. Foster was fleeing police after being [...]
Culpeper County drivers escaped serious injury Wednesday morning, after 2 separate reports of accidents caused by drivers falling asleep.
The first accident was reported at around 8:21 am, according to the Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office.
A man’s Toyota Tacoma pickup truck drifted off the U.S. 29 and struck a tractor-trailer that was parked on the [...]
The Virginia State Police are boasting about zero traffic fatalities during the weekend of March 6 and March 7, 2010 while they conducted Operation Air, Land & Speed along Interstates 81 and 95. Last weekend, 7,016 citations and arrests were issued to include:
3,536 speeders;
717 reckless drivers;
20 drunk drivers;
310 seat belt violations; and
35 drug [...]
They see it as a thrill—the sheer exhilaration of a stomach drop as a car goes airborne at the very top of a hill.
Fine for a roller coaster developed by experienced engineers, but not something you want your newly-licensed teenagers to do in their brand new cars.
Called “hill jumping,” or “yumping,” it involves [...]
We all think we know what to do when pulled over, but everyone panics just a little. Here are four things to keep in mind when you’re pulled over in Virginia.
It’s an issue that’s come to light nationwide—texting and driving. But do bans work? A recent study says no.
