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Olazabal speeds leaving Masters, gets $621 ticket

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 1:56pm

SPRINGFIELD, Ga. -- Speeding between the Masters and his next tournament cost Jose Maria Olazabal $621 when a Georgia sheriff's deputy pulled him over for driving 97 mph on a rural highway.

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Driver gets 3 speeding tickets in hour

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Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 10:47am

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Traffic officers along Interstate 84 in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge say a lead-footed driver was in such a hurry to make a court date on a meth possession charge that he racked up $2,000 worth of speeding tickets in an hour.

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Brett Harris (left) and his father, Jack, pose for a portrait this week with their dragster at their shop, Jack Harris Painting & Autobody, in Kaysville. In 1997, the two began building and racing National Hot Rod Association Heritage Series dragsters, with the engine in front of the driver instead of behind. The two, known as team Nitro-Thunder, have won four national championships and hold the All American Fuel Dragsters world record, completing a quarter-mile in 5.56 seconds and reaching 265 mph. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

NITRO-THUNDER: Kaysville father, son enjoy rush of drag racing

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 8:45am

KAYSVILLE -- Rocketing down a quarter-mile straightaway at speeds of over 250 mph is an activity Jack Harris, 68, and his son Brett, 45, do for fun.

"It's a rush; a lot of Gs," Jack said. "Boy, it sets you back and it's all you can do to keep your head from going back and hitting (the safety bars.)"

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Drivers more concerned about cell phone use in cars than speeding

Gary Richards San Jose Mercury News

Last updated Friday, December 2, 2011 - 12:59pm

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Mary Ann Lahann was inching past the Bay Bridge toll plaza when ... wham! Rear-ended by a driver with her head down, texting away.

It's no surprise to the 51-year-old engineer from Carmichael that cell phone use and texting now rank as the biggest safety worry on our roads, according to a survey released Thursday by the state Office of Traffic Safety. Motorists consider phone use more dangerous than speeders, tailgaters or drunken drivers.

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Roy man charged with auto homicide from June crash

Charlie Pomerleau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 11:58pm

ROY -- A Roy man was charged with second-degree felony automobile homicide Wednesday stemming from a June crash that killed a woman in his car.

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Farmington teen dies, six others injured in rollover

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 1, 2011 - 5:36pm

CENTERVILLE -- A 15-year-old Farmington boy died and six teens were injured in a single-car rollover accident on a dirt road Saturday night.

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Police officers block I-295 southbound after a man wielding a hammer and a shotgun attacked a speed enforcement vehicle on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway near the BWI Marshall Airport exit Wednesday morning on July 6, 2011, prompting police to close the highway for several hours. (Jed Kirschbaum/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Speed enforcement Jeep attacked

Julie Baughman, Michael Dresser The Baltimore Sun

Last updated Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 10:04am

BALTIMORE -- A man with a hammer and a shotgun attacked a speed enforcement vehicle on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway near the BWI Marshall Airport exit Wednesday morning, prompting police to close the highway for several hours.

While police said the assailant was armed, they discounted early reports of gunfire.

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