Category: California highway patrol
Driver doing over 100 miles per hour manages to ‘black out,’ ‘turn off’ license plate while evading cops, police say
A motorist traveling over 100 miles per hour on New Year’s Eve apparently used a tactic you just don’t see every day to avoid identification — and while giving law enforcement the slip.
The California Highway Patrol in Dublin indicated that around 8:20 a.m. the driver of a black Chevrolet Camaro evaded a CHP officer on the westbound lanes of Interstate 580, west of Interstate 680. Dublin is about 40 minutes southeast of San Francisco.
‘Looks like y’all need faster cars.’
The officer observed the car “traveling at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour,” the CHP said, adding that it had a license plate that was “black with yellow or white writing.”
But the most eye-popping detail would seem to be the CHP’s assertion that “the driver was able to ‘black out’ or ‘turn off’ the plate.”
“Please, if you saw this and have information that will help us track down this vehicle, we would appreciate it!” the CHP implored readers.
The Auto Wire had the following to say about the vehicular oddity:
The unusual tactic has raised questions about how the plates were altered. Authorities have not confirmed whether the Camaro was equipped with a digital license plate or a custom modification designed to obscure identification. Either possibility presents concerns for law enforcement, particularly if such technology or modifications are being used to avoid accountability during traffic violations or more serious crimes.
About 8,000 comments and counting have appeared under the CHP’s Facebook post about the unorthodox incident — and let’s just say law enforcement has not escaped a thorough roasting:
- “Looks like y’all need faster cars,” one commenter wrote.
- “If you got gapped, you can just say that, bro,” another user offered before adding, “no shame here.”
- “Props to the driver that got away,” another commenter noted while adding a laughing emoji.
- “He escaped because he was a better driver in a faster car at higher speeds than whatever random cop went after him,” another user said. “If by some miracle you do catch him, offer that guy a job.”
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Newsom’s state ‘caught red-handed’ illegally issuing thousands of commercial driver’s licenses to foreign truckers: DOT
California illegally issued thousands of commercial driver’s licenses, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A Wednesday morning press release from the department claimed that the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles “has admitted to illegally issuing 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) to dangerous foreign drivers.”
‘This is just the tip of the iceberg.’
Those who were issued the allegedly illegal licenses have been notified that those licenses no longer meet federal requirements and will expire in 60 days.
The DOT credited the findings to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s ongoing nationwide audit of non-domiciled CDLs. The review revealed “systemic policy, procedural, and programming errors in California’s non-domiciled CDL program,” the department reported.
“The audit also found that more than one in four of the non-domiciled CDL records sampled in California failed to comply with federal regulations. This includes issuing licenses that extended well beyond a foreigner’s work permit,” the DOT wrote.
RELATED: Exclusive: DOT withholds $40M from blue state for flouting English requirements for truckers
Sean Duffy. Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The department threatened in August to withhold funding from California if it refused to comply with English language proficiency requirements for truck drivers.
The California Highway Patrol indicated in July that it had no plans to place commercial drivers out of service for failing to meet ELP standards.
In October, the DOT announced that it was withholding $40 million from the blue state.
Photographer: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The DOT stated that it will continue to pressure California to revoke illegally issued non-domiciled CDLs, noting that it is prepared to withhold $160 million in funding for noncompliance.
“After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed. Now that we’ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked,” Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said. “This is just the tip of the iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”
Newsom’s office and the California DMV did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.
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