Around the Regions - February 15, 2010

"Around the Regions" is a special Web supplement to AAMVA's weekly e-newsletter, The Week in Review, that features news collected from AAMVA's four regions.
February 15, 2010  This Week's News from:
Region I Region II Region III Region IV Other Items of Interest

Region I 

Region II 

Region III 

Region IV 

• ADOT to Close 11 Motor Vehicle Division Offices on February 12 (Arizona)
• Eight Offices to Close Today Due to Budget Cuts: Four Working Through Solutions (Arizona)
• Panel OKs Changes to Cameras (Arizona)
• Brewer Questions Fuel-Efficiency Rules; It's 'Not Realistic,' She Says, for Car Buyers to Shoulder Costs of Cleaner Emissions (Arizona)
• Woman Stabbed at DMV Settles Civil Suit (California)
• Ban Sought on City-Issued Traffic Tickets; Sen. Oropeza Objects to a Lack of Consistency, Loss of Revenue by State (California)
• Tolls Will Help Pay for More CHP Patrols (California)
• Failure of Stiffer Seat-Belt Law May Cost Colorado $12 Million in Federal Funds
• Nampa Woman Gets 3 to 17 Years for Stealing from DMV (Idaho)
• DMV Thief Faces 3 to 17 Years in Prison (Idaho)
• Advanced Secure Issuance Licenses and ID Cards Debut in Reno Thursday (Nevada)
• Nevada State DMV Widening Real ID Program
• Real ID Compliant Cards Offered in Reno Starting Thursday (Nevada)
• REAL ID is Coming; As Obama and Congress Slow a Federal Driver License to a Crawl, Gibbons and DMV Race Ahead (Nevada)
• Crackdown on Uninsured Drivers Weighed to Help Fill State Budget Gap (Nevada)
• Oregon Supreme Court Ruling Says Officers Don't Need Warrant for DUII Tests
• Province Entices Drivers to "Go Green" (Saskatchewan)
• SGI Makes Improvements - Changes Based on Customer Requests (Saskatchewan)
• Lines for Licenses are Likely to Shrink; Others May Soon Follow Draper and Revive 5-Day Week (Utah)
• State Patrol Seeks Witnesses to Shooting of Trooper (Washington)
• Person of Interest Detained in Shooting of State Trooper (Washington)

Other Items of Interest 

• Cell-Phone Bans while Driving Have More Impact in Urban Areas by University of Illinois
• Toyota Recalling Prius, Other Models, Worldwide
• Honda Recalls 379,000 Cars for Airbag Hazard
• Identity Fraud on the Rise -- Up 12% to 11.1 Million Adults Affected in 2009