traffic laws

You're driving and the light turns yellow, do you slow down and stop or do you speed up and try to beat the light? In either of those cases, have you inadvertently broken the law?

Navigating Lafayette roads can feel like a contact sport. From roundabout confusion to driving with hazard lights in the rain, here are five common mistakes drivers keep making — and what to do instead.

Have you ever pulled up to a blue stop sign in Louisiana? It clearly says "STOP" just like the red ones, but why is it blue?

Loud cars and trucks and Louisiana drivers who love their music loud could soon feel the wrath of "big brother" listening in remotely.

Louisiana drivers often find themselves "trapped" behind slower motorists, is it legal to drive over the posted speed limit just to go around?

Granted, not all of these laws are quite that strange, but they will likely surprise some of us. There are also city-specific laws here in Texas that don't apply statewide. For example, when driving in El Paso, Texas, drivers are technically supposed to give a little honk when passing another car.

When the weather gets warmer they take to the Lafayette streets after sundown and they pose a major safety risk to themselves and others who use the roadways.

If you had to pick the one thing that other drivers do that drive you the craziest, what would it be? Bruce and Jude asked, and Acadiana came through with some interesting answers.

While obviously, it's dangerous and reckless to do so, is it a ticketable offense?

The carts must have certain safety equipment and be operated by licensed drivers during daylight hours.

The Bayou State is one of seven listed as a “best state” in the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety report

According to a recent survey, Louisiana is ranked third on a list of the worst states for teen drivers. David said though Louisiana is generally an unsafe place to drive, car crashes are the leading killer of teens across the nation. David said parents of teen drivers are mostly unaware of the graduated driver's license law that, for example, dictates the age of passengers a teen driver can have i