Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, March 3:

Tamarind Ridge Drive and Logan Boulevard – aggressive driving
Airport-Pulling Road at Rustic Oak Circle – aggressive driving
Orangetree Boulevard - speeding

Tuesday, March 4:

Radio Road and Donna Street – red-light running
Immokalee and Airport roads – red-light running
18th Avenue Northeast at Cypress Palm Middle School – aggressive driving

Wednesday, March 5:

Lakeland Avenue – aggressive driving
Santa Barbara Boulevard – aggressive driving
Pine Ridge Road and U.S. 41 North – red-light running

Thursday, March 6:

White Boulevard - speeding
Collier Boulevard at Fiddler’s Creek - speeding
Rattlesnake Hammock Road and St. Andrews Boulevard – red-light running

Friday, March 7:

Pine Ridge Road at I-75 Exit – red-light running
Lake Trafford Road at Lake Trafford Elementary – aggressive driving
Collier Boulevard at Club Estates - speeding

Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, March 3:
Tamarind Ridge Drive and Logan Boulevard – aggressive driving
Airport-Pulling Road at Rustic Oak Circle – aggressive driving
Orangetree Boulevard - speeding

Tuesday, March 4:
Radio Road and Donna Street – red-light running
Immokalee and Airport roads – red-light running
18th Avenue Northeast at Cypress Palm Middle School – aggressive driving

Wednesday, March 5:
Lakeland Avenue – aggressive driving
Santa Barbara Boulevard – aggressive driving
Pine Ridge Road and U.S. 41 North – red-light running

Thursday, March 6:
White Boulevard - speeding
Collier Boulevard at Fiddler’s Creek - speeding
Rattlesnake Hammock Road and St. Andrews Boulevard – red-light running

Friday, March 7:
Pine Ridge Road at I-75 – red-light running
Lake Trafford Road at Lake Trafford Elementary – aggressive driving
Collier Boulevard at Club Estates - speeding

Did You Know?

If you drove at 100 mph for four years you would still not cover every stretch of road in the USA.

Road Rules

Always buckle up.

Drive defensively. Never trust the judgment of drivers around you.

Traffic Hotspots

Call 530-ZOOM (530-9666), our traffic hotline. We’ll pass along the information to the traffic unit.We need specifics, from time of day to where exactly the speeding, red light-running or other law-breaking is happening.

These are the Top 10 traffic complaints called in to the ZOOM hotline from Feb. 19 to Feb. 26:
1. Immokalee and Airport-Pulling roads - Aggressive Driving
2. Tropical Way - Speeding
3. Immokalee Road and I-75 - Speeding
4. Debron Drive - Aggressive Driving
5. Vanderbilt Beach Road and U.S. 41 - Aggressive Driving
6. Sable Ridge Lane - Aggressive Driving
7. Immokalee Road and State Road 951 - Red-Light Running
8. Livingston and Immokalee roads - Red-Light Running
9. Golden Gate Parkway and Airport-Pulling Road - Speeding
10. Livingston and Vanderbilt Beach roads - Speeding

Public Safety Announcement

Road Rules

Use your headlights on low beam when driving in fog.

Avoid hydroplaning in rain. Keep your tires properly inflated, maintain good tread, slow down when roads are wet, and stay away from puddles. Try to drive in the tire tracks left by the cars in front of you.

Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, Feb. 25

Vanderbilt Beach and Airport-Pulling roads – aggressive driving
Santa Barbara and Devonshire boulevards - speeding
Logan Boulevard and Pine Ridge Road - speeding

Tuesday, Feb. 26

Collier Boulevard and Immokalee Road – aggressive driving
U.S. 41 East and Turner River Road - speeding
Vineyards Boulevard at Vanderbilt Beach Road - speeding

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Golden Gate Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard – red-light running
Airport-Pulling Road at Pelican Marsh Elementary – speeding
Everglades Boulevard South - speeding

Thursday, Feb. 28

Collier Boulevard and Tower Road – speeding
State Road 29 at County Road 858 - speeding
J & C Boulevard at Airport-Pulling Road – aggressive driving

Friday, Feb. 29

I-75 at Everglades Boulevard overpass –speeding
Airport-Pulling and Vanderbilt Beach roads – red-light running
Orange Blossom Drive - speeding

Got Questions?

Drivers need to know and obey Florida traffic laws when they’re behind the wheel in Collier County.

That’s why the CCSO has compiled a list of frequently asked questions when it comes to driving on local roads.

Does everyone in the car I’m driving need to wear a seatbelt? What do I need to do if I receive a traffic citation?

Get the answers to these questions and others by clicking here.

Road Rules

Drive defensively. Never trust the judgment of drivers around you.

Caught On Tape

Traffic Hot Spots

Call 530-ZOOM (530-9666), our traffic hotline. We’ll pass along the information to the traffic unit. We need specifics, from time of day to where exactly the speeding, red light-running or other law-breaking is happening.

These are the Top 10 traffic complaints called in to the ZOOM hotline from Feb. 12 to Feb. 19:

1. Santa Barbara Boulevard construction areas - Speeding
2. Pine Ridge Road and Napa Boulevard - Aggressive Driving
3. Collier Boulevard and U.S. 41 - Illegal U-turns
4. Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard - Aggressive Driving
5. 17th Avenue Southwest - Speeding
6. Logan Boulevard and Vanderbilt Beach Road - Aggressive Driving
7. Golden Gate Parkway and Santa Barbara Boulevard - Aggressive driving
8. Livingston and Immokalee roads - Red-Light Running
9. 5th Street Southwest near Coronado Parkway - Speeding
10. Lancewood Way and Logan Boulevard - Speeding

Caught On Tape

Did You Know?

If you drove at 100 mph for four years you would still not cover every stretch of road in the USA.

Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, Feb. 18

U.S. 41 and Collier Boulevard – aggressive driving
Immokalee Road and Twin Eagles Boulevard - speeding
County Barn Road – aggressive driving

Tuesday, Feb. 19

39th Street SW and 17th Avenue SW – speeding
Goodlette-Frank and Pine Ridge roads – red-light running
Airport-Pulling Road and Coach House Lane - speeding

Wednesday, Feb. 20

I-75 exit ramp and Golden Gate Parkway – red-light running
Santa Barbara Boulevard and Coronado Parkway – red-light running
Wiggins Pass Road and U.S. 41 N. – speeding

Thursday, Feb. 21

Vineyards Boulevard and Reserve Lane – speeding
Livingston and Pine Ridge roads – red-light running
Collier Boulevard and Verona Lane - speeding

Friday, Feb. 22

Airport-Pulling and Vanderbilt Beach roads – red-light running
Oil Well Road- aggressive driving
Lakewood Boulevard- speeding

Road Rules

Bright sunlight can cause glare. Put down your visor and wear UV sunglasses to stay safe.

Did You Know?

The average person spends two weeks of his life waiting for traffic lights to change.

Road Rules

Avoid hydroplaning in rain.

Keep your tires properly inflated, maintain good tread, slow down when roads are wet, and stay away from puddles.

Try to drive in the tire tracks left by the cars in front of you.

Traffic Hot Spots

Call 530-ZOOM (530-9666), our traffic hotline. We’ll pass along the information to the traffic unit.

We need specifics, from time of day to where exactly the speeding, red light-running or otherlaw-breaking is happening.

These are the Top 10 traffic complaints called in to the ZOOM hotline from Feb. 5 to Feb. 12:

1. Biscayne Drive - Speeding

2. Livingston Road at Immokalee Road - Red-Light Running

3. Rattlesnake Hammock Road and U.S. 4 East - Speeding

4. I-75 near Corkscrew Road - Reckless Driving

5. Andrews Avenue at Caledonia Avenue - Speeding

6. Airport-Pulling Road and Golden Gate Parkway - Reckless Driving

7. 5th Street S.W. near Coronado Parkway - Aggressive Driving

8. County Barn Road and Rattlesnake Hammock Road - Obstruction

9. U.S. 41 East at 5th Avenue South - Agressive Driving

10. Goodlette-Frank Road at Orange Blossom Drive - Speeding

Did You Know?

If you drove at 100 mph for four years you would still not cover every stretch of road in the USA.

Road Rules

Space it out: Most rear-end collisions are caused by the vehicle in the rear following too closely.

Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, Feb. 11

Livingston Road at Veterans Memorial Elementary – aggressive driving
Davis and Collier boulevards – red-light running
Airport-Pulling Road at Poinciana Elementary - speeding

Tuesday, Feb. 12

Oil Well and Camp Keais Road – speeding
Airport-Pulling Road at Pelican Marsh Elementary - speeding
Rattlesnake Hammock and County Barn roads – red-light running

Wednesday, Feb. 13

Golden Gate Boulevard at Big Cypress Elementary – speeding
Davis and Collier boulevards – red-light running
Airport-Pulling Road and Golden Gate Parkway – red-light running


Thursday, Feb. 14

Immokalee Road and Preserve Lane – speeding
Golden Gate Boulevard East – aggressive driving
Golden Gate Parkway at 68th Street S.W. – aggressive driving


Friday, Feb. 15

U.S. 41 and Bayshore Drive – red-light running
Airport-Pulling Road and Golden Gate Parkway – speeding
Golden Gate Boulevard at 15th Street N.W. – aggressive driving

Caught On Tape: Car Crash

Ticket Totals

Each month, we're going to give you a look at the Top Five spots for ticket-getting and tell you how many were written by CCSO traffic deputies, the officers who specialize in traffic enforcement.

In January, there were 735 tickets written by CCSO traffic unit during traffic details. Keep in mind that there are hundreds of other deputies out writing tickets too.

Speeding - Collier and Verona Walk boulevards - 84 tickets
Speeding - 10,000 block of State Road 29 - 63 tickets
Illegal U-Turn - Rattlesnake Hammock Road and Hawaii Boulevard - 34 tickets
Aggressive Driving - Immokalee Road and Twin Eagles Boulevard - 33 tickets
Speeding - Collier and Capri Boulevards - 31 tickets

Road Rules

Share the road. Bicyclists and automobile drivers follow the same rules and have the same rights.

Traffic Hot Spots

Call 530-ZOOM (530-9666), our traffic hotline. We'll pass along the information to the traffic unit.

We need specifics, from time of day to where exactly the speeding, red-light running or other law-breaking is happening.

These are the Top 10 traffic complaints called in to the ZOOM hotling from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5.

1. Immokalee Road eastbound - Aggressive driving
2. 44th Terrace S.W. and 25th Avenue S.W. - Stop-sign running
3. Davis Boulevard - Aggressive driving
4. St. Andrews Boulevard - Aggressive driving
5. Biscayne Drive - Speeding
6. U.S. 41 near Port of the Islands - Aggressive driving
7. 5th Street S.W. near Coronado Parkway - Aggressive driving
8. Wildwood Lakes Boulevard off Davis Boulevard - Speeding
9. U.S. 41 at 5th Avenue South - Agressive driving
10. Vanderbilt Drive near 111th Avenue - Speeding

Road Rules: Teen Drivers

Use extra caution around teen drivers: Drivers age 15-20 accounted for 12.9 percent of the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 16 percent of the drivers involved in police-reported crashes in 2006.

Traffic Enforcement Spots

Monday, Feb. 4

Golden Gate Parkway and 64th Street S.W. – Speeding
Davis Boulevard and Airport-Pulling roads – Red-light running
Outer Drive at Mohawk Place – Stop-sign running

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Thomasson Drive and Normandy Lane – Stop-sign running
Oil Well Road at Palmetto Ridge High School – Speeding
Randall Boulevard – Aggressive driving

Wednesday, Feb. 6

Collier Boulevard and Golden Gate Parkway – Speeding
U.S. 41 at Outer Drive – Red-light running
Coronado Parkway – Aggressive driving

Thursday, Feb. 7

Airport-Pulling Road at Poinciana Elementary – Speeding
Santa Barbara Boulevard and Radio Road – Red-light running
U.S. 41 East at Thomasson Drive – Red-light running

Friday, Feb. 8

Pine Ridge Road at Pine Ridge Middle School – Red-light running
Oil Well Road at Palmetto Ridge High School – Speeding
Thomasson Drive at Bayshore Drive – Stop-sign running

Ask A Deputy

Q: When can drivers of cars in an accident move the cars to the side of the road? After an officer is there? Or when?

A: Not only can you move a car to the side of the road before a deputy arrives, Florida law encourages it.

If a damaged or disabled vehicle is obstructing traffic, the driver must make every reasonable effort to safely move it or have it moved.

If the driver is unable to move it on his own, he should ask for help. Moving a disabled car out of traffic improves emergency response times, reduces crash-related congestion and subsequent accidents, and makes the scene safer for deputies and other emergency responders.

Question sent to CCSO by Bill McGrath of Naples