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CHP Cite 24 Santa Rosa Drivers For Speeding Over 90-Minute Period

SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) -- The California Highway patrol cited 24 people for speeding Friday in Santa Rosa in only an hour and a half, officials said Saturday.

CHP officers conducted a Black Friday speed enforcement patrol on southbound U.S. Highway 101 at state Highway 12 in Santa Rosa, said Jonathan Sloat, a public information officer for the CHP.

Officers issued 24 citations for traveling at speeds of 80 mph and up in an hour and a half. The fastest recorded speed was 94 mph, in a period with wet weather and roads, Sloat said.

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