CHP TO TARGET DRUNK DRIVERS.Byline: Daily News 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, - The top two violations blamed each holiday season for traffic deaths - drunk driving and the failure to use safety belts - will be the California Highway Patrol's targets this holiday weekend. The crackdown began Friday evening as crowds headed out of town to celebrate the traditional end of summer, and will conclude Monday night, 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 Officer Wendy Moore said. ``Over half the people killed in CHP jurisdictions over the recent July 4 weekend were not wearing safety belts,'' said Lt. Todd Hoose, commander of the Newhall area office. That's a simple precaution every traveler can take to increase his or her safety on the highway. Over last year's Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. weekend, 45 people died on state highways - none in the Santa Clarita area. Twenty-two suspected drunk drivers were arrested over the 2002 holiday weekend, compared with 12 the year before, in 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. . Hoose said all officers working the long weekend will be on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout drunk drivers and those violating the safety belt law. |
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