Traffic Ticket Blog

Receiving a traffic ticket is a nuisance and inconvenience. In many cases, a traffic ticket will raise your insurance rate and follow you for years. Others could cause you to lose your license or result in jail time. Even the…

Fall is officially upon us, which means that the holiday season is about to begin. From Halloween until the New Year, you can bet that many Americans will be traveling to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. If you…

Improper Passing or Lane Change Tickets From time to time, we’ve all passed other vehicles that we share the roadway with. In Tampa, and the rest of Florida, there’s a right way of passing, and three wrong ways of passing.…

Both the federal government and the State of Florida have put laws in place that work to protect consumers from odometer fraud. Florida Statutes 319.35 makes it a third-degree felony to “knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, set back, disconnect or…

Florida Statutes section 306.003(75), defines a vehicle as “every device, in, upon, or by which any person or property transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.” They define a bicycle as “every…

Always be cautious about red light camera intersections in Florida. If you’re unfortunate, and you get caught in an intersection during a red light; you’re in a very difficult legal position. They send you a traffic ticket through the mail.…

You might not even know when that the red light camera gets you in an intersection. You’re a careful driver, and you’re not just going to disregard a red light. Without any intent, even our best judgment can fail us…

When you’re approaching an intersection, and the traffic light turns yellow, you have about a half of a second to make a decision on whether you have enough time to make it through the intersection before the light turns red.…

Although they’ve been discontinued in about half of all surrounding communities, Tampa still has its red-light cameras. Victims of the cameras haven’t found them to be cheap either. In fact, red light tickets start out at $158, and if a…

Other than a few people at Tampa City Hall, it’s hard to find anybody else who lives in the city that likes red light cameras. They’re beyond controversial, and tickets issued for alleged red light violations aren’t cheap either. They…