The Golden Rule is highly underrated. It is the simple concept of treating others as you wish to be treated, or maybe you ascribe to the Silver Rule of NOT treating others in ways that you do not want to be treated. Those of us who try to follow these [...]
Are you one of those people who just drives with no sense of urgency? Do you just get in the car, choose a particular lane of traffic, resign yourself to getting where you going whenever you get there, and then just tool along until you arrive at your destination? Maybe [...]
For some drivers, getting traffic tickets seems to be just a matter of course, and you may be one of these drivers. If there is a cop in the area using radar, are you the one who always seems to being going just fast enough to get pulled over? Are [...]
It’s funny how when it comes to getting a speeding ticket it seems like everyone you know has some tidbit of advice about what you should or shouldn’t do. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances are surrounding the issuance of your traffic ticket, I assure you someone will tell you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]