Traffic laws were created to make the highways, roadways and the streets of American cities safe. Driving in the city requires focus as drivers are often required to make split second decisions. This is best highlighted when approaching an intersection that is showing a yellow light; as drivers should we proceed into the intersection or [...]
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Speeding tickets in chigago are being dismissed
December 11th, 2009 No Comments
If you have been stopped for a speeding ticket in Chicago Illinois it may be your lucky day. Chicago Illinois Speeding Tickets are being dismissed based upon the technology used by the Chicago Police Department. The technology causing the legal issue is a lidar laser gun device.
Cook County Traffic Court judges in Chicago have determined [...]
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Million Dollar Crash
December 11th, 2009 No Comments
If you are an individual that has great appreciations for luxury automobiles you may not want to read this blog or examine this video. A recent automobile crash in Galveston Texas may break the insurance record for the highest claim on a single car accident. A Texas driver recently drove his 1.6 Million Dollar Bugatti [...]
Dude where is my car?
November 16th, 2009 No Comments
In August of 2008 Denver County Colorado voters added several provisions to the Colorado vehicle impoundment law. The 2008 provisions allow the vehicles of illegal aliens or those drivers reasonable suspected to be an illegal alien to be impounded. Police officers were also given the discretion to issue a summons without impounding a vehicle for [...]
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Texting and driving - just like drinking and driving
November 11th, 2009 No Comments
Texting while driving continues to be the hot topic for traffic law in the national media. The behavior has become an epidemic and legislation may be introduced by the federal government to address Public Transit and the trucking industry. The federal government is considering law to ban text messaging by bus drivers and truckers traveling [...]
Tags: DUI · texting · texting and driving · Traffic Tickets
Dallas traffic ticket - What is the Law
October 31st, 2009 No Comments
A rookie Dallas Police officer recently made an embarrassing error during a Dallas traffic citation. The officer pulled the driver over for an illegal U-turn but also charged the driver with Failure to Speak English.
Federal law does exist that Commercial Driver must be able to speak English. Dallas City Code states, taxi cab drivers must [...]
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The Numerous Ways to Catch a Speeder
October 25th, 2009 No Comments
Law enforcement offices are using numerous techniques to distribute speeding tickets. The new technology on the block is Speeding Ticket Cameras. These electronic guard dogs have been generating substantial revenue for cities, counties and municipalities all across America.
Did you know that numerous police cars have eyes in the back of their head? New [...]
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I Just got Pulled Over!
October 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Many of us have been driving in an unfamiliar area and miss our turn. Instead of driving to the next light and making a proper turn; you look both for a law enforcement officer and make that illegal turn. Less than five seconds later you see the rotation of blue and red lights and [...]
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California is Hands Free
October 23rd, 2009 No Comments
The California hands free phone device legislation that was signed to combat the dangers of California drivers speaking and texting on cell phones while driving, has not placed a resounding ring of fear in the ears of California drivers.
Despite, the California Highway Patrol issuing more than 150,000 California cell phone citations since the legislation was [...]
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Voider of the month - Judge tried to dismiss tickets issued to cops
October 4th, 2009 No Comments
Montgomery County Maryland is asking the state’s highest court to require on-duty police officers to pay speed camera tickets, saying the issue has “far-reaching ramifications” as Maryland readies for the cameras to be used statewide. A newspaper reported that a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge tossed out speed camera citations issued to four speeding [...]
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