By TROOPER GARY CUTLER Colorado State Patrol RBC | “Bus stops, it’s all about the kids.” It’s that time of year when the trees lose their leaves and parents lose their kids to the school system. This means we have kids all over the place going to school along with[Read More…]
Tag: Trooper Tips
Trooper Tips: Bicycles and automobiles or is it automobiles and bicycles?
RBC | Colorado is a bicycling state; so you either ride a bicycle or at least see bicycles often. You’ll see the casual riders, weekend riders, bike to work riders and there are also many weeklong and weekend biking tours throughout the state, such as Ride the Rockies and Pedal the[Read More…]
Trooper Tips: The Colorado Driver Handbook
By Trooper Gary Cutler Colorado State Patrol Special to the Herald Times RBC | When new drivers are taught how to drive, they are given a book to study entitled the Colorado Driver Handbook which contains the driving laws in Colorado. This 38 pages of golden rules of the roadway is[Read More…]
Trooper Tips: Avoiding Road Rage
By TROOPER GARY CUTLER Colorado State Patrol RBC | This month’s topic is very important in my mind. We are seeing an increase in road rage, not only in our state, but across the United States. The reason road rage starts, varies from situation to situation, but it needs to be[Read More…]
Trooper Tips: Semi-truck safety
By Gary Cutler Colorado State Trooper RBC | When looking at driving safety in our state, it has to be looked at from every angle. This month, I want to talk about driving on the road with semi-trucks. A semi with a trailer is approximately 70 feet on average. Think[Read More…]
Trooper Tips: Make proper turns
By Trooper Gary Cutler Colorado State Patrol Special to the Herald Times RBC | “Turn to your right, turn to your left.” Usually when I finish writing one of my articles I read back over it and hope that I don’t sound as if I give a lecture every month. [Read More…]