It seems many Californians are taking advantage of the stay-at-home orders and resulting emptier roads in a way they shouldn't.
Seems many californian's are taking advantage of the stay-at-home orders and resulting emptier roads in a way they shouldn't!
Action news now reporter jafet serrato is live in chico... jafet - how does our area stack up?
The c-h-p reports that from march 19 to april 19, officers handed out almost 25- hundred tickets to drivers going over 100 miles per hour.
But... officers say drivers in butte county seem to be following the law.
We're part of the valley division which goes all the way to the bay area.
Chp officer ben draper works out of oroville.
He tells me the division - as a whole - has issued 100 more tickets this year from march 19th to april 19th than the same time frame last year.
But draper says drivers in butte county are doing better.
"in butte county we're fortunate to have kind of a small more compact area.
Because of that we don't see a huge influx so we haven't seen a huge influx of speed.
People have been good up here.
" draper says people should follow the rules as normal - even when we start reopening.
Draper says one of the most troublesome spots in his division is the highway 70 - 149 interchange.
In chico jafet serrato action news now coverage you can count on!
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