Crime & Safety
CHP Issues 425 Tickets For 'Distracted Driving' in April
Citations were issued for using cell phones while driving and texting while driving, and others. One person was arrested for DUI.
The California Highway Patrol issued 426 tickets during April's "Distracted Driving" campaign month, up and down the Peninsula, from Millbrae to Mountain View.
More than 340 tickets were for using a cell phone while driving, said CHP Officer Arturo Montiel.
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Twenty-nine tickets were issued for texting while driving and 53 for other distractions while driving. These included violating the Basic Speed law and making unsafe turns.
One driver stopped for using a cell phone and was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Two were cited for being under the age of 18 and using a cell phone while driving.
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Another 138 drivers got off with a warning about distracted driving.
The Redwood City Office's jurisdiction covers all interstate and state highways along a good part of the Peninsula south of Millbrae. Along Interstate 280, this extends as far south as Magdalena Avenue in Los Altos Hills. Along Highway 1, the district extends from Devil's Slide to Half Moon Bay. From west to east, that covers most of the Dumbarton Bridge to the first exit off the bridge.
The CHP joined with more than 280 other law enforcement agencies in the first statewide Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
Citations issued during "Distracted Driving Awareness Month" by the Redwood City Office of the CHP in April:
April
Date
23123(a) VC (Cell Phone)
23124(b) VC (Cell Phone, under 18 use)
23123.5(a) VC (Texting)
Other Distractions Citations Issued
Verbal Warning for Distracted Driving Behavior / Violation
1
10
0
0
0
4
2
22
0
5
3
10
10
30
0
3
3
8
4
6
0
0
1
0
5
8
0
0
3
14
6
7
0
0
6
4
7
17
0
0
7
4
8
16
0
0
1
7
9
13
0
3
1
5
10
1
0
0
0
1
11
7
0
2
0
0
12
11
0
3
6
6
13
10
0
0
4
4
14
5
0
0
1
1
15
4
0
0
1
4
16
21
2
3
0
9
17
21
0
0
1
2
18
14
0
0
1
2
19
7
0
0
1
5
20
7
0
0
4
8
21
3
0
0
4
3
22
8
0
0
0
5
23
15
0
3
0
1
24
12
0
0
0
3
25
2
0
0
0
5
26
11
0
1
3
8
27
4
0
0
0
1
28
4
0
3
0
2
29
10
0
1
2
3
30
35
0
2
0
3
Subtotal
341
2
29
53
138
Additionally one driver was arrested for DUI when a cell phone stop was made.
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