I don’t think anyone enjoys moving. The prospect of a new home, a new job, a new life can all be exciting ideas, but the actual moving part of the endeavor is overwhelming. Packing is chaotic for everyone, although for some it may be organized chaos. Even when you have [...]
When you think about South Florida, all kinds of great things come to mind like beautiful weather and fantastic food. Of course, you can’t think about most of the areas around here without having visions of snarled traffic leap to the forefront of your mind. We certainly have more than [...]
The State of Florida strongly advocates that every law enforcement agency within the state should write as many speeding tickets as it has speeders. Granted, this directive is under the guise of public safety, but I think most of us can agree that it is really just a [...]
No, this article is not going to be about which fork to use when you go to your mother-in-law’s house for a holiday meal. I am certainly no Miss Manners so I may not be able to offer you the best advice about table manners. As a traffic ticket attorney, [...]
I have had very few clients who get a speeding ticket who come into my office and say, “Jason, I sooo deserve this speeding ticket, but I want you to get me out of it.” Generally, when someone gets a speeding ticket, they not only feel that it’s unjustified, but [...]
There is no denying that this country was built on hard work, whether it was plowing fields in the heartland from sunup to sundown or building railroads from coast to coast. Granted, such labor-intensive occupations are held by a much smaller segment of society these days, but our lives may [...]
According to Forbes magazine, these are the top 10 states for speeding tickets. Virginia, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah, Oregon, Kansas and Maryland. Judges in Carolina and Georgia, plus 16 other states, can add jail time. The national median for a first offender's topend fine is $200, according to the NHTSA. You can also expect to pay over $300 more in the [...]
Driving a motor vehicle takes certain skills and abilities, and some of us are better at it than others. The very act of driving requires multi-tasking, so any time you add another task to focus on while driving your chances of driving unsuccessfully increases tremendously. Unsuccessful driving means that, at [...]
Move Over Law and the Sometime Tragic Consequences of Helping Others I am sure that we can all agree that breaking down on the side of the road sucks, but it is bound to happen to most of us if we drive long enough. Don’t think that a fancy new [...]
Finally, a small victory for the little guy! It comes as no surprise to anyone that red light traffic cameras are an increasing annoyance to everyone except the municipalities who use them and the private companies that make a fortune off of installing and then maintaining them. Like many other traffic [...]