There are hundreds of reasons that you may be given a traffic ticket in South Florida and some are more serious than others. The one thing that they all have in common is they are costly. I have previously written about such costs in relation to fines and insurance rates, [...]
Motorcycles vs. Cars For as long as motorcycles and cars have travelled together on the roadways, there has existed contention between some who ride motorcycles and some who don’t. There are those of us who have been riding motorcycles for years and do so responsibly; I have been riding for [...]
Are You One of Those Drivers? Don’t judge me yet! I know it may not be very nice to start off this blog by referring to other drivers as annoying, but for those of us who drive in South Florida, we all know that they ARE out there. It’s not [...]
It comes as no surprise to anyone who lives, or at least drives, in Miami-Dade County that this is home to some of the worst drivers in the state, and possibly the country. When looking at data regarding traffic accidents in South Florida, the disparity between counties is astounding. Between [...]
Be Wise with Speed… When it comes to issuing speeding tickets, Florida is fourth in the nation. In fact, this is the most commonly issued traffic citation, and the funds generated by speeding tickets or any other type of traffic ticket is big business. The income that speeding tickets generate [...]
I have written frequently about red light traffic tickets and still the controversy continues. Like all traffic tickets in South Florida, this is just one more way to generate revenue for local governments, and it’s big business in Broward County. These “fat cat” traffic light cameras are installed and maintained [...]
Many people believe that Broward County police officers have ticket quotas. Although the State of Florida disallows state agencies from setting traffic ticket quotas, the law doesn’t address municipal and county agencies. Of course, all police agencies tend to deny the implementation of ticket quotas, yet there were almost 300,000 [...]
Ganja ~ Weed ~ Pot ~ By Any Other Name…It’s Still Illegal in Florida Pot, ganja, weed, hemp, Mary Jane,…no matter what you call Cannabis, it’s illegal in the State of Florida, and police officers are looking for it. Almost without exception, if you get pulled over in South Florida [...]
In 2011, there were roughly 1,000 traffic tickets a day issued in Palm Beach County alone. If you watch enough television commercials, it would seem there are an equal number of attorneys who are willing to represent you in fighting these traffic tickets. The problem is that attorneys, like doctors, [...]
Anyone who has driven in South Florida knows that drivers here are some of the worst drivers in the country. As such, there are a lot of traffic citations issued every day. There seems to be an endless number of reasons, or combined reasons, that traffic cops write traffic [...]