LAT Top News｜加州公路巡警称，新年期间近100名司机超速驾驶，时速超过100英里

加州公路巡警部门公布，在新年假期期间，有近100名司机因超速驾驶被查获，车速均超过每小时100英里。

加州公路巡警局（CHP）在新闻稿中表示，在12月31日下午6点至1月1日午夜11点59分期间，巡警共开出逾5400张罚单，其中2792张涉及超速。此外，有92名驾驶员因时速超过100英里（约160公里）被记录在案，另有379人因涉嫌酒后驾车被捕。

该机构表示，在加州公路巡逻队（CHP）管辖范围内还发生了六起致命车祸，超速驾驶、酒后驾驶以及未系安全带是主要诱因。

根据一项名为“超速罚单快速处理行动”的新计划，加州机动车辆管理局（DMV）与加州公路巡警（CHP）将联合采取行动，对时速超过100英里的超速驾驶者实施新的惩戒措施，包括可能吊销驾驶资格。

根据上个月启动的新规，所有被加州公路巡警（CHP）开具超速100英里/小时罚单的驾驶员，无论其驾驶记录如何，罚单都将自动转交至车管局（DMV）驾驶员安全部门处理。

车管局（DMV）将审核案件及驾驶员历史记录以确定后续措施，并有权实施包括暂停或吊销驾驶资格在内的处罚。

该计划的部分目标在于遏制全州范围内交通事故伤亡人数不断上升的趋势。

根据加州交通部的数据，自2010年以来，与超速和危险驾驶相关的死亡及重伤事故已上升52%。

该机构表示，去年加州公路巡警每月向超速超过100英里的司机开出约1600张罚单，全年总计约1.8万张。

《泰晤士报》撰稿人卡伦·加西亚（Karen Garcia）对本报道亦有贡献。

Nearly 100 drivers were caught speeding over 100 mph by the California Highway Patrol around the New Years Day holiday, the agency announced.

Between 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 and 11:59 p.m. Jan. 1, CHP officers handed out more than 5,400 tickets, including 2,792 for speeding, the agency said in a news release . Officers also cited 92 people for driving more than 100 mph and arrested 379 people on suspicion of driving under the influence.

There were also six fatal crashes within the CHPs jurisdiction, the agency said, with speeding, impaired driving and failure to wear seat belts as leading factors.

Under a new program, Forwarded Actions for Speeding Tickets , a joint effort by the Department of Motor Vehicles and the CHP, Californians who are caught speeding at more than 100 mph will face new disciplinary actions that could include losing driving privileges.

Every driver who is ticketed by the CHP for going over 100 mph, regardless of their driving record, has their citation automatically forwarded to the DMVs Driver Safety Branch under the program launched last month.

The DMV reviews the case and the drivers history to determine next steps, with the ability to impose penalties that could include the suspension or revocation of driving privileges.

Part of the programs aim is to stem a rising tide of traffic deaths and injuries across the state.

Since 2010, fatalities and serious injuries related to speeding and aggressive driving have increased by 52%, according to the California Department of Transportation.

Last year, the CHP issued about 1,600 citations each month to drivers speeding more than 100 mph, and about 18,000 tickets overall, the agency said.

Times staff writer Karen Garcia contributed to this report.