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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 [...]
We can file this one under “stupid criminals.” The Bullrun Live Rally, a cross country luxury auto race happens annually—and so do the complaints that sweep the country with it.
The Bullrun Live Rally describes itself a “high-end luxury lifestyle automotive rally.” With a $20,000 entrance fee, the race starts in New York City and [...]
For a state with some of the most restrictive liquor laws in the continental US, installing a boozy vending machine in grocery stores is a pretty big deal for some Pennsylvanians.
Individuals in Pennsylvania can only purchase alcohol in state-owned stores; private, licensed convenience stores can sell up to two six-packs of beer per customer. [...]
Mid-Atlantic AAA is projecting a 19.3% increase in travelers on the roads compared to this weekend last year.
The Virginia State Police announced that traffic enforcement efforts will increase over the holiday weekend as part of the safety campaign Operation Combined Accident Reduction Effort (CARE). Additional patrols will aim at catching speeders, reckless or impaired [...]
Sobriety checkpoints are notorious for helping police catch other, minor, violations, but these typically consist of busted headlights or rolling stop signs. Animal cruelty they don’t see often.
Until June 15. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, while conducting a routine DUI checkpoint, found a goat in the trunk of a car. According to the Sheriff’s [...]
Recent reports from the Washington Examiner showed that nearly 3/5 of motorists who challenged their DC-area traffic tickets beat them. Why?
Let’s look at the number breakdown from 2009:
22,693 challenged moving violations —> 58% won
117,656 challenged parking tickets—> 41% won
20,251 challenged photo tickets—> [...]
You know you can be charged with a DUI/DWI in Virginia even if you’re not driving the car, but what if you’re driving… a Barbie car?
File this one under silly ways to get a DWI: a British man lost his license after police pulled him over near his home in Essex.
Paul Hutton is an [...]
From time to time, Fairfax County will announce they are conducting DWI-directed patrols on weekend nights. But sometimes, the offenders readily identify themselves.
Friday night, a woman was charged with a DWI after she hit a police cruiser. The cruiser had its emergency lights and sirens on.
49-year-old Cristina Zamorano of Burke, VA pulled out [...]
Oregon State Police arrested an 18-year-old teenager after Marion County sheriffs found him unconscious in a Ford Mustang parked on the shoulder of a highway.
We know that it’s possible to be convicted of DUI/DWI charges even if the car is not in motion, but that issue wasn’t the biggest of 18-year-old Nikita N. Efimov’s [...]
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 [...]
