By Paula Peterson
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After a few weekends of verbal warnings to drivers making right turns from Sawmill and North Upper Truckee roads when prohibited, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ticketed 22 drivers on Memorial Day.
CHP patrol units wrote eight citations at Sawmill Road and 14 at North Upper Truckee Monday. Four of the violators had local addresses, five were frequent visitors and four said they were tourists. Four of the ticketed did say they were told by someone to take that route, according to CHP South Lake Tahoe Officer Ruth Loehr.
The new turn restrictions prohibit right-hand turns from North Upper Truckee Road to westbound U.S. Highway 50 and from Sawmill Road to westbound U.S Highway 50 on Sundays and holidays between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The pilot restrictions will terminate on October 31, 2021, and it is not known at this time if it will be extended.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - After a few weekends of verbal warnings to drivers making right turns from Sawmill and North Upper Truckee roads when prohibited, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) ticketed 22 drivers on Memorial Day. CHP patrol units wrote eight citations at Sawmill Road and 14 at North Upper Truckee Monday.