NO COP ... NO STOP BETTER LOOK IN THE BUSHES In different areas of the country, the same simple traffic violation goes by different names. In some places, it is called a “California stop.” In rural areas, it is often referred to as “No cop, no stop.” If neither of [...]
Florida's Move Over Law Does Not Work Sometimes laws sound great in theory, but in practice they are unworkable. Florida's Move Over Law is one of them. You all know the drill. If an emergency vehicle is pulled over on the side of road and you are in the adjacent [...]
When people get pulled over for speeding, they normally have one of three reactions: 1) panic, 2) anger, or 3) they wonder how to convince the officer not to write a traffic ticket. The first two reactions are excellent ways to to turn a routine speeding stop into something much [...]
It does not matter what the legal situation is, if you ever have legal trouble of any kind, many people you know will want to give you legal advice. Everyone seems to know someone else who once had the same problem as you and they know exactly what you should [...]
There have been a lot of articles lately about red light camera tickets. You know the ones that you get in the mail with your pictures on it. This is probably my tenth article about this issue. One of the things drivers need to know is that you can fight [...]
For those who have had their license suspended by the State of Florida, there may be no worse feeling then seeing those blue lights approach. If there is reason for an officer to believe that the driver’s license has been suspended, the officer may issue a driving while license suspended [...]
The DUI traffic ticket laws vary from state to state, but not county to county in Florida. The penalties for a DUI can be harsh. The whole reason we have DUI laws is so that people won't kill or hurt other drivers. Here is a plethora of information about DUI [...]
I just hate it. This is not a blog about many clients who received traffic tickets for this, but it's about common sense. Almost every day I see somebody do the following and it almost always causes an accident. When they are driving on a road with four lanes divided [...]
No one wants to think that a local or State government can misuse a law enforcement program in order to generate higher revenue. However, despite this altruistic and in some cases, overly optimistic view of how decisions are made at government offices, there are times when decisions at the governmental [...]
The path of least resistance can be attractive for many law-abiding citizens who have found themselves caught in a legal jam as a result of receiving a traffic ticket. For many, they will look at the cost of the ticket, evaluate the time it may take to fight it and [...]