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Every year new legislation takes effect that impacts citizens one way or another. This year in California a number of new laws took effect which will have a direct impact on drivers. For starters, the state now allows drivers to use voice-operated, hands-free devices to talk or text behind the wheel. This is a change …

At 105 years old, Edythe Kirchmaier, of California, knows a thing or two about driving. In fact, this month she passed her most recent driver’s exam with flying colors. And her impressiveness doesn’t stop there. After 85 years behind the wheel, Kirchmaier has never had a speeding ticket, parking ticket or any sort of driving …

California has tied with New Jersey for the dubious honor of seeing the largest increase in the number of people killed in a traffic collision in 2011. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data for 2011 show that both New Jersey and California had 71 more deaths on their state roadways than the previous year. …

According to a new survey just released from the California Office of Transportation Safety seems to show that most California drivers understand that driving under the influence of drugs is not just dangerous, it’s often deadly. Not only that, but a huge percentage, more than three-quarters of drivers surveyed said that they think the problem …

The California Office of Transportation Safety released a report this week which seems to indicate that a number of California drivers are motoring down the highway with drugs in their system. And they’re not talking about aspirin. The latest COTS survey, the first roadside survey of drug and alcohol use by active drivers, showed that …

California Highway Patrol is launching a week long campaign to remind drivers that if they are feeling drowsy, or tired, they should get off the road and start driving again after they have had some rest. “Fatigued drivers are a safety risk on our roadways,” CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow said. “If you are tired, reaction …

In California last weekend a wrong-way driver was arrested after causing a collision on U.S. Highway 101. Not only was Jurai Somlee, of Petaluma, driving the wrong way on U.S. Highway 101, police say he was also drunk and driving without a valid license. Fortunately for Somlee, both he and the driver of the vehicle …

When the price of gasoline in Southern California went above $5 a gallon, there was very nearly panic in the streets. Drivers were lining up for gasoline at the stations with the lowest price; reports of theft of gasoline flourished, both from private vehicles and gas stations, and some folks were abandoning their cars on …

California has some of the toughest restrictions in the nation when it comes to the requirements of a certain age to continue driving legally. However, despite these restrictions some say the state could be doing more, much more, to reduce the incidents of traffic deaths caused by senior drivers. On the other side of that …

This November voters will be going to the polls to decide who they want to be the next President of the United States of America. In California voters will deciding something much more closer to home: Whether or not they want to allow insurance companies to make more decisions about the rates they charge and …

Good news for drivers looking to make use of their handheld device, since it is now illegal in California to talk or text on it. A new state law makes them able to use it to show proof of insurance in the event of a traffic stop or collision. Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into …

Despite having some of the most strict laws regarding the use of handheld devices by drivers, California legislators are proposing to further increase the penalties for those who disobey the law. Dubbed ‘the cellphone bill’, California SB 1310, authored state Dem. Sen. Joe Simitian of Palo Alto, would increase the current fine for driving while …

Count California among the states participating in the nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, running now to the first week of September. Police across the state are ramping up efforts to find people who get behind the wheel after a few drinks and get them off the road. Among their efforts drivers in …

According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, as many as 400,000 new driver’s licenses may be issued following the orders contained in President Barack Obama’s ‘Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals’ order. The order specifically allows formerly undocumented young people living in the U.S. at the behest of their parents to apply for citizens and …