CHP Report – Bandwagon is filling up Fast- Hop In!

We just received the February 2006 CHP report – as previously reported in this forum, we had our first traffic accident in February. The good news, is that on an annualized basis, the rate is well below 2002 figures, despite all the artificial roadblocks placed by the board, including the expiration of road certification, refusal to implement a community awareness program, refusal to appoint a group of volunteers to coordinate all local law enforcement agencies, private security and resident efforts, and publicly calling the CHP “extortionists”

The figures indicate that residents in the age groups of 40 years and older are getting the message. Whereas the age group of 24 and younger are not.

The figures also clearly indicate out-of-control increase in accident rates when the board fired the CHP and a mirror image decrease in accident rates when residents forced the board to bring back the CHP.

It also proves that the “Coto traffic accidents” are preventable incidents – and not the same as the accidents one finds in highway 405 on the way to LAX as a board supporter argued. It also refutes the notion that Coto did not have a traffic control problem as the same person told the LA Times.

It is encouraging that for the first time, the board actually published the CHP statistics in the latest issue of the President’s letter and CotoVoice – something we have been asking for, for years!

What, even the OC Register columnist referred to the “published CHP” figures , as if the CHP had just decided to make this information public!

Hop in, the CHP Bandwagon is filling up fast.



Jan-06
Traffic Collisions = 0 0
Total number of Hours of Enforcement 150
Total number of Citations 205
Total number of Warnings = 41 41
Total Arrests 5

Jan-06
Counts: Citations Warnings

Seat belt 30 4
Stop sign 56 6
Speeding 99 11
Expired Registration 2 2
License Plates 3 4
Mechanical Violations 7 3
DUI - Marijuana 1 0
Suspended license 1 0
Other 8 11
Arrest 5 0
Sub-total 212 41
Daily Average 8

Age Breakdown Jan-06
Citations Warnings
17 years old and under 29 5
18-20 years old 29 0
50 years old and older 29 5
45-49 years old 26 8
40-44 years old 22 4
30-34 years old 18 2
35-39 years old 18 6
21-24 years old 17 5
25-29 years old 11 1
Total 199 36

40 years and older 77 17
24 years and younger 75 10
25-39 years 47 9
Total 199 36



Feb-06
Traffic Collisions = 0 1
Total number of Hours of Enforcement 137
Total number of Citations 153
Total number of Warnings = 41 16
Total Arrests 3

Feb-06
Counts: Citations Warnings

Seat belt 17 2
Stop sign 64 4
Speeding 59 6
Expired Registration 1 3
License Plates 1 0
Mechanical Violations 6 1
DUI - Marijuana 0 0
Suspended license 0 0
Other 5 0
Arrest 3 0
Sub-total
Daily Average

Age Breakdown Feb-06
Citations Warnings
17 years old and under 32 3
18-20 years old 27 0
50 years old and older 25 2
45-49 years old 11 2
40-44 years old 18 3
30-34 years old 10 0
35-39 years old 8 0
21-24 years old 15 0
25-29 years old 10 3
Total 156 13

40 years and older 54 7
24 years and younger 74 3
25-39 years 28 3
Total 156 13