Last Halloween, one of my Legal Assistants watched a movie called Evil Dead. She is a bit of a horror movie connoisseur, and was searching for the scariest thing since the Snuggie. Evil Dead was pretty scary but I think it is safe to say that it is no match [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you live in Miami Dade or Broward County, there is a situation that you have probably already been in. If not, just wait and someday you will be. The situation is that a police officer has just handed you a traffic citation in Miami. If you drive, it's unavoidable. [...]
The second most asked question I get asked, after "should I blow", is "should I fight this ticket?" The answer is almost always yes, but there are a few tickets that you should just pay. For example, a parking ticket should just be paid. It is not worth fighting it. [...]
On October 1, 2013 a new law that bans texting while driving went into effect in Florida.The ban on texting while driving is rapidly spreading through the states. Florida is one of the last states to implement it. The ban has a lot of support as everyone as heard at [...]