COSTLY SCHOOL LESSON 50 TO PAY FOR RISKY DRIVING NEAR CAMPUSES.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - More than 50 motorists were ticketed for speeding and other traffic violations as authorities cracked down Tuesday on people driving unsafely near Quartz Hill schools. Answering Quartz Hill residents' long-standing complaints about speeding motorists - some traveling at twice the posted limit - California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. and sheriff's cars and motorcycles swarmed the community Tuesday morning as children headed to school. ``There were black-and-whites everywhere,'' said 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 Lt. Andria Witmer. Besides catching violators, the officers' presence seemed to have an effect on other motorists, officials said. ``The reaction we have had so far has been really positive,'' said Capt. Doug Rich, commander of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley CHP station. ``People are driving safely and slowly. But there's a lot of law enforcement out there.'' The crackdown crack·down n. An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime. Noun 1. was a combined effort by the CHP and by sheriff's deputies from the Lancaster and Palmdale stations. The Quartz Hill area lies in all three jurisdictions. Four deputies from each of the two sheriff's stations joined six CHP officers in the effort. At one point, there were so many in the same area that some of the CHP officers were sent to patrol the two-lane roads east of Lancaster. There they ticketed 14 more speeders and issued one 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 failure to use a seat belt. The joint effort concentrated on the streets around Quartz Hill High School Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Lancaster, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley High School District (AVHSD). , Joe Walker Middle School and Quartz Hill Elementary School elementary school: see school. , officials said. In Quartz Hill, CHP officers ticketed eight speeders, one person driving on the wrong side of the road, one motorist who ran a stop sign and one who failed to yield to a pedestrian. They also issued tickets to eight people for not wearing seat belts and two for vehicular mechanical violations. Sheriff's deputies issued an additional 36 citations in the Quartz Hill area. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A California Highway Patrol officer tickets a motorist Tuesday morning for speeding near Quartz Hill Elementary School. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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