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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
I remember reading the book 1984 in high school in the year 1984 and thinking how wrong the author got it. He was wrong, but only by about 20 years. In the book, the government knew where you were and what you were doing at all times. They even provided drugs that [...]
I do not know if there has ever been a law in the state of Florida that is more unpopular than the red light camera law. The law just passed a couple of years ago. The only reason that the State of Florida took up the issue and passed a [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 new laws surrounding red light camera traffic tickets are unfair and boarders on draconian. But the latest news makes you think we have moved to communist Russia; circa 1958, where the State looks at how much money you have and decides it is too much. What I am talking [...]