Is this really necessary ?
Does this mean speeding ticket for going 5 MPH over the limit ?

CHP issues 622 tickets in valley on 'zero-tolerance' day
By Art Campos -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 5:52 pm PDT Thursday, May 6, 2004
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The California Highway Patrol issued four times as many speeding tickets than usual to motorists buzzing along Interstate 80 in Sacramento, Placer and Yolo counties during the agency's most recent "zero tolerance day."
On April 28, Valley Division officers handed out 411 speeding citations and 211 tickets for other traffic and vehicle violations.

For the first time, the CHP's Golden Gate Division became involved in the no-tolerance efforts, issuing 533 speeding citations to Bay Area motorists on I-80 that day and 230 tickets for other violations.

Capt. Rick Ward of the CHP's Newcastle office, which initiated a monthly zero-tolerance program in Placer County in October, was pleased to see the effort spreading to other divisions.

"The word is getting out: We mean business," he said. "We want motorists to slow down. We're trying to save people's lives."

On a zero-tolerance day, the CHP beefs up the number of patrol units on the roadways. The goal is for drivers to see other motorists being ticketed or notice larger numbers of patrol units and cut their speed, Ward said.

"And that reduces the number of accidents," he said.

On May 12, units in Placer and Yuba counties will be deployed in their first no-tolerance day on Highway 65.

Ward said accidents and traffic have increased on the highway because of the rapid growth in Lincoln and Wheatland and the addition of the Thunder Valley Casino.

On May 28, the CHP will have another zero tolerance day on I-80, Ward said.

For more details, see Friday's Bee.