164 SPEEDERS CITED LOCALLY STATEWIDE, 2,010 TICKETS ISSUED ALONG I-5.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers assigned to a stretch of Interstate 5 that includes the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. issued more than 160 speeding tickets Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Ohio I was traveling on a two lane street with an officer driving toward me in the opposite direction. Wednesday during a statewide I-5 speed crackdown, authorities said Thursday. Of the 195 total tickets issued from 6 a.m. to midnight Wednesday by CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers from the Newhall station - who are responsible for a 40-mile portion of I-5, from the Ronald Reagan Freeway to the Kern County line - 164 were speeding citations, said CHP Officer Wendy Hahn. The CHP special strike force operation, which ran from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, targeted speeding motorists along the entire I-5 within California, from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Oregon state line. ``They (chose) the 5 because it goes through the whole state - it's a major traffic corridor of the West,'' Hahn said Thursday. ``The CHP is especially concerned about I-5 because you can't go too far in California without hitting it at some point.'' Newhall station ticket totals available Thursday afternoon included only those issued from 6 a.m. to midnight Wednesday, Hahn said. Five additional officers per shift were deployed from the Newhall station solely to target I-5 speeders during the operation. Statewide, the CHP reported issuing 2,010 speeding tickets during the 24-hour operation - five times the number of speeding tickets issued in an average 24-hour span. About 250 additional CHP officers were deployed across California for the strike force, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. information released by CHP headquarters in Sacramento. The CHP said it plans to conduct similar speeding- strike-force operations in the future, without providing advanced warning to the public. ``We're not out there because we like to write tickets,'' Hahn said. ``This is about saving lives.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com |
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