Traffic
Cracking down on cell phones behind the wheel
RENO -- Twelve thousand, two hundred and five citations were issued last year to drivers using a cell phone behind the wheel, a number the Nevada department of public safety hopes to see decrease. “It directly affects not only the driver but everyone else around them as well,” says ...
Traffic enforcement campaign reveals too many drivers still using cell phones
SPARKS -- A joint traffic operation by local law authority netted several citations and revealed that many drivers are still refusing to put their cell phones away while driving. The Sparks Police Department, teamed with Reno Police Department, the Washoe County Sheriff's Department, and the Nevada Highway Patrol, engaged ...
Overpass project sets path for finish of Carson bypass
CARSON CITY -- Granite Construction is preparing to build an overpass that will clear the way for construction of the final leg of Interstate 580 around Carson City. The freeway is scheduled for completion in 2018. Granite in March began work on a $9.5 million contract to build an ...
Zero-Tolerance Enforcement week starts Monday
RENO -- April is National Distracted Driving Month and the Nevada Highway Patrol will be implementing a zero-tolerance enforcement period next week, April 22-26, as a strict traffic safety initiative to hopefully curtail the use of hand-held phones while motorists are driving. Troopers around the Silver State are still ...
Nevada Highway Patrol awards first female trooper in the state with #1 Senior Trooper Badge
The Nevada Highway Patrol is proud to announce that Trooper Lori McGrath is the senior trooper in the Silver State, with twenty-nine years of service. In the past twenty-nine years Trooper McGrath has committed herself to being an outstanding Commercial Trooper, K-9 handler, instructor, role model, mentor, and friend. ...
2 men arrested in separate DUI-involved car chases
RENO -- Two motorists were arrested and booked into the Washoe County Detention Facility overnight for DUI and other charges after attempting to flee from troopers in two separate events. The first event took place at approximately 11:30 pm last evening when a sergeant with the Nevada Highway Patrol attempted ...
Local traffic enforcement campaign targets continued cell phone use
RENO -- The Sparks Police Department, along with Reno Police Department, Washoe County Sheriff's Office, and Nevada Highway Patrol, are continuing an enforcement campaign centered on violations in and around intersections throughout the month of April. The violations most commonly cited are Red Light and Duty to Decrease Speed. ...
Report: Local drivers waste nearly $1,700 each year driving on deficient roads
CARSON CITY -- At a time when the state faces a large and growing transportation funding shortfall, more than half of Nevada’s major locally and state-maintained roads are in either poor or mediocre condition, vehicle travel has grown at the fastest rate in the nation, and Nevada drivers experience ...
Yerington man seriously injured in rollover crash on state route 208
YERINGTON -- A Yerington man is recovering from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident last night near Yerington. Last night at around 7:30, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a single-vehicle rollover crash on State Route 208 in Lyon County, approximately 5 miles south of ...
The driving force behind a new distracted driving campaign
RENO -- In an effort to prevent some of the 3000 distracted driving deaths per year, Distracted Driving Awareness month kicked off nationwide on Monday. Records show more than 2000 Nevadans were injured and seven were killed in distracted driving accidents in 2010. And as of Monday, there is ...
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