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  • 1950 – Pine and cedar trees along the Rim of the World Highway near Lake Arrowhead in Southern California grew oranges overnight.[1]
  • 1987 – Los Angeles radio stations announce that the freeway system will be closed for an entire month for repairs.[2]
  • 2008 – Arizona implemented toll collections on Phoenix-area freeways. Tolls on Loop 101 were set at $1.01 while Arizona State Route 51 was set at $0.51. A spokesman for the Arizona Department of Transportation said that toll collectors would be stationed at freeway on-ramps and exact change would be required for entry to the freeways.[3]
  • 2009 – Georgia Nude, a nude rights organization, pledges to clean their adopted section of State Route 34 from I-85 to Shenandoah Boulevard wearing only orange safety vests. Georgia Carry will clean their adopted section of the same highway while carrying concealed weapons.[4]
  • 2009 – The increased importation of lemons from Mexico was linked to a reduction in traffic fatalities in the U.S.[5]
  • 2010 – Hocking County, Ohio courts attempt to collect traffic fines and court costs on 20-year old tickets that were paid in full already.[6]
  • 2011 – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that US traffic fatalities have dropped to their lowest levels since 1949, declaring the reasons for the decrease "a mystery".[7]
  1. ^ "The Skyforest Orange-Bearing Pine Trees". Crestline Courier-News. April 1, 1950. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
  2. ^ Morris, Steve (April 1, 1987). "LA Highways Close For Repairs". KRTH-FM. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
  3. ^ Zimney, Jon (April 1, 2008). "Valley Freeways Turn Into Toll Roads Wednesday". KTAR-FM. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
  4. ^ Bishop, Jeff (March 15, 2009). "Nudes 'pretty decent guys and gals'". Newnan Time-Herald. Archived from the original (Editorial) on April 2, 2011.
  5. ^ Wilbanks, John (April 1, 2009). "Mexican Lemons Prevent Highway Death". Common Knowledge. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Lane, Mary Beth (April 1, 2010). "Hocking Court sends about 1,000 traffic tickets out by mistake". Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
  7. ^ Cooper, Michael (April 1, 2011). "Happy Motoring: Traffic Deaths at 61-Year Low". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011.
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