There are some laws that are broken so routinely it would make sense for governments to reconsider how they enforce the laws and whether the laws are even effective at all. If no one follows a law, why even have it? Should we make criminals out of people who just [...]
Municipal governments in South Florida spend millions of dollars a year on law enforcement. They have to pay for the training and salaries of all the officers. They have to pay for equipment and vehicles. The total amount spent on enforcing the law is staggering and governments are always looking [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]