You just left the Dunkin Doughnuts drive thru window and are on your way to work when you forget to put your blinker on. You couldn't because you had the coffee in one hand the munchkin in the other and you were steering with your thigh. Yes, we have all [...]
A QUOTA BY ANY OTHER NAME STILL SMELLS AS BAD Sorry to bastardize Shakespeare, but it was fitting for today's blog. There is a common belief that South Florida traffic officers have quotas that they have to meet. If someone gets a Broward speeding ticket at the end of [...]
Whenever I go to a party, I get one or both "party questions" that is part of the job since I fight traffic tickets in Florida. The fist question is usually about DUI. More specifically, it is about the breath test and roadside exams. I have written several articles about [...]
If you live in Miami Dade or Broward County, there is a situation that you have probably already been in. If not, just wait and someday you will be. The situation is that a police officer has just handed you a traffic citation in Miami. If you drive, it's unavoidable. [...]
The second most asked question I get asked, after "should I blow", is "should I fight this ticket?" The answer is almost always yes, but there are a few tickets that you should just pay. For example, a parking ticket should just be paid. It is not worth fighting it. [...]
On October 1, 2013 a new law that bans texting while driving went into effect in Florida.The ban on texting while driving is rapidly spreading through the states. Florida is one of the last states to implement it. The ban has a lot of support as everyone as heard at [...]
Vacationing in Miami is expensive, but most tourists do not know all of the expenses. Sure, you know that you will have to pay for airfare, a car rental, hotel, food and entertainment. What you do not know is that you might also leave with another little bill. Actually, it's [...]
We see a lot of people who get Broward speeding tickets in school zones. The reason for this is that municipalities with the assistance of law enforcement go out of their way to catch people speeding in school zones. There is a safety reason for this, of course. The speed [...]
People often ask how they can avoid getting traffic tickets in the first place. If you are really hot and you get a single cop (see pic) you might get lucky. For the rest of us, not so much. If you think about it for a moment, it might seem [...]
When people get pulled over for speeding, they normally have one of three reactions: 1) panic, 2) anger, or 3) they wonder how to convince the officer not to write a traffic ticket. The first two reactions are excellent ways to to turn a routine speeding stop into something much [...]