Police Ticket Nine Speeders Monday, Continue to Beef Up Enforcement

Police said today that officers ticketed nine speeders in a five-hour period on heavily-traveled city throughfares — continuing the effort launched by the Department of Public Safety early this year to crack down primarily on speeders and distracted drivers.

The ramped-up enforcement stings are funded by a $73,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Monies are used to put more officers out on the streets — to use radar guns to track problem speeding areas, such as on Rohnert Park Expressway, and conduct sobriety checkpoints.

Officers Monday stopped 11 drivers between 1 and 6 p.m. Nine were issued citations for speeding, one for driving without a valid license. One driver reportedly was driving 57 in a 35 mph area.

"Speed continues to be the highest cause of collisions in the city," police said in a statement.

As Patch , residents are hyper-aware of speed limits here. .

Message from the police: The Department of Public Safety would like to remind drivers it is against the law to talk, text or manipulate a cell phone while operating a vehicle. The conversation can wait!