CHP GUNNING FOR UNSAFE DRIVERS NEW TOOL MORE ACCURATE IN DETECTING SPEEDERS.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Jason Peavy stood on a bridge atop the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. on Wednesday armed with the CHP's latest tool against the lead foot. As part of a five-person Speed Enforcement Unit, Peavy pointed the high-tech speed gun, called LIDAR, at cars zooming below, then radioed information to officers in patrol cars so they could make the bust. "It is personal for me," Peavy said. "I'm not going to have my 2-year-old son on the road with drivers who are putting their lives and everybody else's life in danger." LIDAR -- or Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging -- resembles the radar guns radar gun n. A usually hand-held device that measures the velocity of a moving object by sending out a continuous radio wave and measuring the frequency of reflected waves. used to clock a pitcher in baseball. And it gauges speed much more accurately than its predecessor, which had been used for decades. "This is really just another tool for us to enforce these speed laws," Peavy said. Officer Henry Ross Captain Henry Ross (1829 - 5 December, 1854) was a Canadian gold miner at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, and was known on the goldfields as the 'bridegroom' of the miners flag, the Southern Cross, the Eureka Flag. said Wednesday's team yielded 45 citations, including three to motorists driving more than 100 mph. One vehicle was impounded because of a suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. license, Ross said. "We're targeting the people who are driving at high speeds and threatening public safety," Peavy said. Motorists traveling faster than 100mph will have to make a court appearance and should expect a 30-day suspension of their license along with a fine, he said. A Lancaster man who received a citation Citation (foaled 1945) U.S. Thoroughbred racehorse. In four seasons he won 32 of 45 races, finished second in ten, and third in two. He won the 1948 Triple Crown, and became the first horse to win $1 million. He set a world record in 1950 by running a mile in 1:33 3/5. for driving 91 mph during Wednesday's speed sting said he didn't believe he was going as fast as the ticket indicated, but he nevertheless praised the CHP's efforts to make the road safer. "I think it's a good thing that they're doing that," Jerry Garcia said. "I'm glad they're out here." Ross said the 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 will hold about three such efforts a month and will likely conduct more once the Antelope Valley's CHP station gets more staffing and LIDAR devices. A similar detail is scheduled for Tuesday morning at an unspecified Adj. 1. unspecified - not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals" specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times" location on Highway 138. Peavy said he typically focuses on drivers traveling at the higher speeds, but he noted other factors such as road conditions figure into his decision to issue tickets. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: CHP Officer Jason Peavy stands on the AvenueN bridge in Palmdale on Wednesday, using the new LIDAR to track the speed of cars on the Antelope Valley Freeway. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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