The speeding ticket business is a 3 Billion dollar a year revenue generator. That is, the cities and states collect almost $3,000,000,000 a year from speeders across the country. Florida is by far one of the biggest pigs at the trough. I will not argue that excessive speeding can lead [...]
I remember driving my car while listening to my Sony Walkman when I was a teenager because my car did not have a functioning radio. For those of you who are too young to know what a Walkman, allow me to explain. It is an iPod, only much bigger. Anyway, [...]
It kind of feels like a game of cat and mouse with the police. What I mean is that everyone breaks the traffic laws. Everyone speeds, even a little, once in a while. Everyone occasionally rolls through a stop sign when no other cars are around. This includes turning right [...]
Quick Tips - Dismiss a Traffic Ticket in Florida I have to admit it, for a very long time I handled my traffic tickets myself. Of course, I was in high school and not very wise to the ways of the world. Specifically, I did not even know that [...]
You just left the Dunkin Doughnuts drive thru window and are on your way to work when you forget to put your blinker on. You couldn't because you had the coffee in one hand the munchkin in the other and you were steering with your thigh. Yes, we have all [...]
A QUOTA BY ANY OTHER NAME STILL SMELLS AS BAD Sorry to bastardize Shakespeare, but it was fitting for today's blog. There is a common belief that South Florida traffic officers have quotas that they have to meet. If someone gets a Broward speeding ticket at the end of [...]
I HATE RED LIGHT CAMERAS Nobody hates red light cameras more than me. I can say that for two reasons. First, I have first hand experience of how they can affect you in the pocket and on your insurance. Moreover, I have countless clients who tell me their horror stories. [...]
The Internet is full of myths about traffic tickets in Florida. There are the silly ones and the serious ones. The website Scopes.com will debunk some of them but as a traffic ticket lawyer, I want my readers to know the law not the myths.These myths keep getting repeated over [...]
Implied Consent in Florida If you ever get pulled over on suspicion of a DUI in Florida, you might be shocked to learn that you have already consented to physical and chemical testing to determine whether you are too impaired to drive. You might have heard from a Florida DUI [...]
Whenever I go to a party, I get one or both "party questions" that is part of the job since I fight traffic tickets in Florida. The fist question is usually about DUI. More specifically, it is about the breath test and roadside exams. I have written several articles about [...]