For as long as I have been an attorney, I have not attended a single social function without being approached by someone for legal advice. In fact, it is the rare occasion when I am approached by only ONE person for advice in these circumstances. For the last 15 years, [...]
Red Light Cameras | A Ploy to Gouge Drivers There are very few people who support the use of red light cameras, least of all me, and the ones who do are generally politicians. These traffic cameras have one purpose and one purpose only, and that is it to continue [...]
Pulled Over in Broward County? Curb Your Enthusiasm Remember back in high school, and even junior high, when you wanted everyone to notice you and everyone to like you? For some people, that continued on into college and then the real world. There is nothing wrong with trying to develop [...]
Yeah, we have all heard the rhetoric about how law enforcement agencies do not have quotas, but how many times have you been driving somewhere in Broward County and seen a cop with someone pulled over? They have their lights flashing while sitting in their car running a check on [...]
Usually when someone is speeding, they know it, but they often think it is always the other guy who will get pulled over, especially when the driver believes he is just keeping up with traffic. (Don’t try this defense; it doesn’t work). Sometimes, however, it comes as a complete surprise [...]
If They Want You, They’ll Get You |How Cops Manipulate Legal Language There is no doubt in the mind of anyone who lives in, or frequently visits South Florida, that law enforcement agencies love writing traffic tickets. Whether you believe they have quotas or other agendas, which I do, there [...]
We live in time when it seems that a lot of people are increasingly trying to break out of whatever pigeon hole society tries to place them in. Whether it’s tattoos to try to express your independence or dressing in a manner that suggests that you don’t care what others [...]
The American legal system is arguably one of the best in the world, and one of the truly great things about it is that anyone accused of any legal violation can choose to defend himself. Consequently, quite frequently people will ask me why then should they hire a traffic ticket [...]
As a traffic ticket lawyer in Florida, I’ve seen and fought more than my fair share of speeding tickets. Speeding tickets are the most common type of tickets doled out in the State of Florida. Speeding tickets are also considered primary offenses, which means an officer will usually [...]
Okay, so tourist season in South Florida is actually all year long. There are those who are looking to escape the frigid winters in other parts of the country, especially the Northeast, but then there are an equal number of tourists who come to visit for summer vacations. Let’s not [...]