Every driver speeds sometimes. Some speed most of the time, some occasionally, but we all speed sometimes. We speed more frequently if we think we won’t be caught, and we’re willing to take that chance when we drive. We have a pre-conceived idea of what enforcement will allow. Most ...

Drivers and their vehicles can now be banned from the New York state Thruway if tolls are not paid. WTEN TV in Albany reports a new regulation adopted by the state Thruway Authority allows the agency to “exclude” people from driving on the state’s 570-mile Thruway system, temporarily or ...

Last week’s column presented 20 questions on vehicle and traffic law (VTL) and traffic safety. Hopefully you took the test and kept your answers. This article repeats the questions and gives the correct answers. - True or False - 1. If it is safe to do so, you may legally cross a ...

An annual winter feature of the weekly “Safety on the Roads” column is a 20-question quiz on vehicle and traffic law (VTL) and traffic control devices (TCDs). The first 10 questions are true/false and questions; questions 11 through 20 are multiple choice. If you follow the weekly columns, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that a total of 129,686 tickets were issued statewide as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” traffic enforcement period between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The initiative, which targeted impaired and reckless drivers, ran from Dec. ...

The week of Jan. 5 was the first week Congestion Relief Zone tolls went into effect in lower Manhattan, as explained in last week’s “Safety on the Roads” article. Although one week is far from a representative sample of how effective the tolls will be on reducing the congestion problem ...