Speedsters Beware: Vasco Road to Become a Double Fine Zone

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Governor Brown’s approval of AB 348 reauthorizes the Vasco Road designation as a Safety Enhancement Double Fine Zone (SEDFZ).

County portions of Vasco Road between Dalton Avenue in Livermore and Walnut Boulevard in Brentwood started Double Fine Zone enforcement in January 2012. The City portion of Vasco Road between Interstate 580 and Dalton Avenue will start Double Fine Zone enforcement on March 1, 2012.

In 2006, the State Legislature passed legislation authorizing the designation of Vasco Road as a SEDFZ. That designation expired on January 10, 2010. Approval of AB 348 reinstated SEDFZ effective until January 1, 2017.

The purpose of a Safety SEDFZ is to improve traffic safety, reduce traffic injuries and fatalities on roadways by imposing higher traffic fines as a deterrent. The City portion of Vasco Road has experienced 2.32 collisions per million vehicle miles as opposed to the statewide average of 1.69 for similar type facilities.

Approximately 40 percent of these collisions are speed related. The City hopes that higher traffic fines will encourage good driving behavior and improve safety along North Vasco Road.