With many California Department of Transportation, Riverside County Transportation Commission projects and Temecula and Menifee highway and freeway improvements occurring in Southwest Riverside County, additional traffic patrols of those projects have been made by the California Highway Patrol.
Drivers are warned as they approach many of these projects that normal traffic fines may be doubled in those zones. Since 1999 this law has been in effect, if a driver in a construction zone is speeding, driving aggressively, texting or is otherwise distracted through a work zone, they could face a fine of $1,000 or more.
For example: a person stopped and cited by the CHP or other traffic enforcement agency for speeding (22362CV) 400 feet from a construction zone could be faced with a very large f
