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Officers say: 35mph means 35mph

State Police say, “There’s no confusion. The signs are there that say 35 miles per hour.”  But with signs saying 55 miles per hour in one direction and 35 mph in the other, motorists say it’s easy to get confused.

Officers say: 35mph means 35mph

Most drivers break speed limit

More than half of drivers admit speeding but only 16% have been convicted of the offense in the last five years, it has been revealed.

Most drivers break speed limit

Smile, Hoboken: You’ll be on traffic light camera

Hoboken is planning to use clandestine cameras to catch people running red lights and stop signs.

Smile, Hoboken: You’ll be on traffic light camera

Opinion: The Roads Have Eyes

Your days of being pulled over for speeding are numbered. That would be great news, except in an increasing number of states the flashing red and blue lights in your rear-view mirror are being replaced by the photographic flash of traffic cameras.

Opinion: The Roads Have Eyes

Texas: Federal Gas Tax Money Enforces Illegal Speed Limit

Galveston police will use new speed guns to issue speeding tickets to motorists in locations where the limits are posted so low that, in at least one case, 96 percent of motorists drive in perfect safety by ignoring it. In effect, the guns give local officers a license to write an expensive citation and hand it to any motorist of their choosing.

Texas: Federal Gas Tax Money Enforces Illegal Speed Limit

ND Highway Patrol Cracks Down on Violations

How careful are you when you get behind the wheel? Maybe not as much as we should be. This week the North Dakota Highway Patrol is stepping up enforcement of certain violations on roads in the Northwest region of the state.

ND Highway Patrol Cracks Down on Violations

In North Dakota, police give you a chance to turn around before a sobriety checkpoint

Police: “Do you think an intoxicated person can think clearly enough to execute a legal turn?”

In North Dakota, police give you a chance to turn around before a sobriety checkpoint

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