There is no denying that being a teenager is one of the most difficult times in a person’s life. As a child, there is usually someone there making all the tough choices for you. You don’t think much about who you are as a person other than as an [...]
According to the Hearld Tribune, two years from now, Florida police may have a new category of impairment to consider: driving under the influence of a physician-recommended intoxicant. Assuming Amendment 2 passes on Nov. 4 allowing the use of medical marijuana in the state, residents would be able to treat [...]
Whether it’s texting and driving, or breaking up a brawl between the kids in the backseat while trying to navigate our way onto I-95, it is very rare that our focus is solely on the business of driving. When we notice this behavior in others, we can often get a [...]
Everyone knows not to drink and drive. But what about drink and bike, or drink and moped. Here is a former client who was peddling his moped and got stuck as a DUI check point. After a jury trial, we got him off with a not guilty verdict. Enjoy. By [...]
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 [...]
You know, sometimes “big brother” just bugs me. There are a lot of really great laws on the books for really good reasons. As I have written in previous blogs, I do not advocate drunk driving, but with a general push to lower the blood alcohol content (BAC) standard as [...]
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, even over-the-counter or prescription drugs, continues to be a major issue in the state of Florida, and it should be. I won’t bore you with statistics about how many serious injuries or fatalities occur in South Florida every year as a result [...]
Don’t drink and drive; I have stressed this for as long as I have been a traffic ticket attorney. It’s never worth the risk – not worth risking injury to yourself or someone else, and it’s not worth the penalties that you can incur if you are convicted of this [...]
There are many milestones in a kid’s life, but learning to drive and more importantly, getting a driver’s license is a rite of passage. For most people, this is an indicator of traversing from childhood into adulthood and represents the first real taste of freedom they experience. Of course, this [...]
It has been a while since I wrote about what to do when you get pulled over by the cops for a traffic ticket. Although I have posted several blogs about the topic, it seems that even my friends are not getting the message. Let me explain. My friend Adam [...]