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Six Colorado Traffic Laws Take Effect With New Rules for Drivers and School Zones
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Six Colorado Traffic Laws Take Effect With New Rules for Drivers and School Zones

By Ethan Carlson | Denver7 Laws named for Magnus White and Liam Stewart are among six traffic safety measures now in effect, with four more set to take effect before year's end. DENVER — Six significant traffic safety laws took effect across Colorado on Wednesday, and the families who fought for them gathered at the State Capitol to mark the moment. Lawmakers, advocates and relatives of people killed in vehicle collisions joined AAA, MADD, The White Line and Bicycle Colorado at a news conference in the Capitol's West Foyer to discuss what the new laws mean for Colorado drivers. Among the laws now in effect is Magnus's Law, named for Magnus White, who was killed at age 17 on July 29, 2023, while riding his bicycle in Boulder. The law mandates that an offic...
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Colorado’s annual seat belt crackdown returns. The numbers suggest it isn’t working.
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Colorado’s annual seat belt crackdown returns. The numbers suggest it isn’t working.

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice "Their lives might have been saved if they invested three seconds in safety and buckled up." Col. Matthew C. Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol, said that Monday about the 191 Coloradans who died in crashes last year without a seat belt. CDOT's release marked the launch of the state's annual Click It or Ticket enforcement campaign with five years of fatality data. The numbers have not moved. Since 2021, the unbuckled share of passenger vehicle deaths in Colorado has held between 48 percent and 52 percent each year. Through May 18 of this year, 40 unbuckled drivers and passengers have died on Colorado roads, 51 percent of all passenger vehicle fatalities. Across the full five-year period, 1,052 of 2,087 passenger v...
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Colorado Drivers Face $75 Tickets Under Expanded Automated Speed Enforcement
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Colorado Drivers Face $75 Tickets Under Expanded Automated Speed Enforcement

By Saajan Jogia | MotorBiscuit While you must not speed on public roads, even if you do, Colorado’s new automated vehicle ID system (AVIS) will track your average speed and send you a ticket if it exceeds 10 mph. This renders a speed-camera-tracking app on your smartphone useless, as the new system works in a very different way. According to a report by Motor1, AVIS is being used only on certain roads and highways in Colorado, but since it uses your average speed and not the speed recorded at one particular spot, it could be more accurate, meaning motorists with a heavy foot will have to be wary of this system. How Does AVIS Work? AVIS uses not one but multiple cameras to calculate a car’s average speed at different intervals. That means on a long stretch o...
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