{"id":38431,"date":"2025-11-08T05:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/38431\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T05:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T05:03:08","slug":"pslpd-crack-down-on-drivers-blocking-busy-intersections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/38431\/","title":{"rendered":"PSLPD crack down on drivers blocking busy intersections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Port St. Lucie Police are cracking down on drivers causing big backups by sitting in the middle of busy intersections.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been stuck at a light lately wondering why traffic isn\u2019t moving, police say it\u2019s probably because someone\u2019s blocking the box &#8211; the intersection, or the space between the crosswalks.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/active-crime-scene-under-investigation-in-port-st-lucie-police-department-1000-block-of-sw-coleman-avenue-november-7-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Police search for 2 suspects in armed home invasion in Port St. Lucie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When drivers pull into that space and can\u2019t clear it, they block oncoming traffic, which is why PSLPD say they\u2019re cracking down.<\/p>\n<p>Officers are seeing this happen in St. Lucie West along St. Lucie West Boulevard at Cashmiere, California and Peacock boulevards.<\/p>\n<p>They want drivers to only enter intersections when they can make it through and clear the intersection without stopping and blocking it.<\/p>\n<p>Police say it&#8217;s not only a bad habit, but also illegal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re traveling, you have a green light, and you see traffic backing up, if you cannot clearly clear that intersection during that green light, you&#8217;re not supposed to enter the intersection,&#8221; said Master Sgt. Dominick Mesiti with the Port St. Lucie Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Officers are going to warn drivers about blocking the box over the next week. After that, you could face a fine of more than $100 and three points on your license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Port St. Lucie Police are cracking down on drivers causing big backups&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-38431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}