New CHP Vehicles Aim to Blend Into Traffic to Target ‘Video Game’ Style Drivers

New generation of CHP squad cars hitting Bay Area roads

HAYWARD, Calif. (KRON) -- California Highway Patrol has an all-new tool to help officers blend in with traffic, catching unsuspecting drivers who fall right into their trap. “I consider myself a ticket salesman,” said CHP Hayward area Officer Jennifer Pabst. Pabst took KRON for a ride on Interstate 880 in Hayward in one of the agency’s new low profile, specially marked Dodge Durango patrol vehicles. Officers notice drivers’ behaviors change when…

CHP's new low-profile patrol vehicles harder for L.A. drivers to spot in traffic

The California Highway Patrol is putting officers in a new generation of low-profile, specially marked patrol vehicles meant to “blend into traffic just enough to observe the most reckless and dangerous behaviors without immediate detection,” officials announced.   In a news release, CHP said California sees nearly 400,000 crashes a year, almost 1,000 reports of reckless driving a day and that in 2024, officers issued 18,000 citations to motoris…

New CHP vehicles aim to blend into traffic to target ‘video game’ style drivers

Drivers weaving in and out of lanes, speeding and road raging may see themselves pulled over by a nontraditional law enforcement vehicle as the California Highway Patrol adds low-profile vehicles in a bid to target reckless drivers. Describing the level of recklessness seen on highways and roads as “video game-styled,” the CHP’s addition of 100 Dodge Durangos that resemble the vehicle of a garden-variety commuter rather than a law enforcement of…

CHP Cracking Down On Dark Tints - And Not Just Because They Look Shady

The California Highway Patrol is reporting a growing number of vehicles with illegal window tint, and they’re reminding drivers that it’s not just about how your car looks—it’s about safety and visibility. According to California Vehicle Code 26708(a)(1), drivers cannot operate a vehicle with any material placed, displayed, or applied to the windshield or front side windows that blocks visibility. For the driver’s side and front passenger window…

CHP-Dublin among first to receive new low-profile patrol vehicles

California Highway Patrol officers in Dublin received the first of two low-profile patrol vehicles on Wednesday, which aims to help officers crack down on “video game-styled” reckless drivers, according to officials with the agency The post CHP-Dublin among first to receive new low-profile patrol vehicles appeared first on Pleasanton Weekly.