Toll device won't zap lane backup
The SunPass allows drivers to zip past tollbooths, but only where there is a dedicated lane that can be easily approached.

State to lift FCAT's shroud of secrecy
Florida officials want questions and answers to be available, perhaps a few weeks after the assessment test is given.

The Lost Patrol
Over the past two decades, for reasons big and small, the leaders of the Florida Highway Patrol have lost control of their officers and have lost sight of their mission.

Slow investigations torment those in grief
They occupy the desolate inner-circle of a sorrowful society.

Troopers' after-hours work can be a liability
On Jan. 27, 1997, two days after Frederick Schnell's 42nd birthday, he and his wife, Elizabeth, headed to Disney World to celebrate. They got an early start, just after 7 a.m.

The good majority
Despite agency failings, most highway patrol officers perform their duties consistently and well.