Waldo Police Department: Florida speed trap town may lose its police force According to the AP, a tiny north Florida town known as a speed trap may lose its police department. If you went to UF or FSU you probably got a ticket and can relate. I did. Alachua [...]
It is not uncommon for me to be inundated with emails and phone calls from people who not only live in Broward County, but those who visit here as well. Many times the tone of those phone calls and emails from visitors is pretty much the same – they’re pissed [...]
Everyone that reads this blog should have a pretty good idea of how I feel about cops and the sneaky ways that they target drivers. They pull people over for a variety of reasons, but the number one reason that South Florida drivers get traffic tickets is for speeding. [...]
Always fight your traffic ticket. The ramifications of just paying it are far too great. I had a client come in to see me because he had received an order of suspension, and he just didn’t understand why. He told me that he had paid all of his traffic tickets [...]
How many times have you been driving and wondered to yourself, “Who in the world came up with these traffic patterns; who decided to put so many traffic lights in this area; and why is the speed limit so ridiculously slow?” We often blame our local politicians, but it’s actually [...]
There is a car commercial that advertises a very small light on the dashboard that blinks the word “brake” if a sensor in the vehicle thinks you may hit something. This may be great in theory, but the rationale behind this concept doesn’t make sense. If you have your eyes [...]
With its beautiful beaches, countless amusement parks, and glorious sunsets, the fact that tourism is the number one industry in Florida is no surprise to anyone. Factor in icy weather that can be found in many other regions of the U.S., and it’s easy to see why people come here [...]
American playwright Tennessee Williams said, “Time is the longest distance between two places,” and that is especially true when you are trying to traverse the roads of Broward County. Between working, school, kids’ soccer games, and everyday errands, most people manage to lead very busy lives. It’s easy to see [...]
Regular readers of this blog know that one of the reasons I am a traffic ticket attorney is because I find the loss of individual liberties abhorrent. It seems like the bigger government gets, the more freedoms we lose. Such was the case when the Department of Homeland Security was [...]
Just about everyone who gets a speeding ticket in Broward County feels that it is unjustified, and the very process of being pulled over, having your license and registration checked, and having the speeding ticket issued is irritating enough to make most people want to fight their traffic ticket. If [...]