Turn that car stereo down, some state lawmakers want to tell drivers who crank up the volume to window-rattling levels. ...more

October 25, 2009

Buckle up or pay the consequences. More than 200 motorists found that out the hard way today. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies, out on patrol to enforce Florida's new enhanced seat belt law, wrote 203 tickets by the end of Operation Belts or El$e," Deputy Larry McKinnon said. ...more

June 30, 2009

When Dorothy Kennedy got her last traffic citation, a man named Eisenhower was in the White House and a man named Elvis was burning up the airwaves. ...more

January 22, 2009

Superior performance in a seat belt enforcement campaign has earned the Plant City Police Department additional firepower - in the form of speed guns to target lead-footed motorists. ...more

October 1, 2008

School buses are back on the road again and the Florida Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to extend these vehicles the legal courtesy they are due. ...more

August 22, 2008

AVON PARK — Putting a temporary license tag in the rear window or anywhere other than the bracket provided for a license tag could result in a non-moving violation in the state of Florida, since a new law took effect July 1. The law is supposed to help law enforcement officers make a quick and easy identification during routine traffic stops. ...more

July 5, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - Pedestrians trying to cross busy West Pasco streets in the past often found themselves making a mad dash and dodging cars. Now, however, the state is raising the penalty for motorists who violated the right of way of pedestrian in designated crosswalks. ...more

May 31, 2008

AVON PARK — The City Council heard some noise from a resident complaining about people blasting their stereos all over the city, and agreed that the existing noise ordinance wasn't enough to mute them. The council asked City Attorney Gerald Buhr and Police Chief Matthew Doughney to figure a way to increase the penalties for playing loud music, after Charles Devlin said that he could hear them across Lake Tulane most weekends. "Every single night without exceptions you hear loud music," Devlin told the council. ...more

May 28, 2008

Local police are joining officers around the country in making seat belt safety a high priority as part of the nationwide Click It or Ticket program. ...more

May 21, 2008

It's 7:30 a. m., and all around me traffic is at a standstill. Intersections are blocked, lanes are clogged and horns can be heard from miles away. No, I'm not in New York City. I am sitting in front of a school crossing zone in Hillsborough County. ...more

January 23, 2008