The Hidden Costs Of A Simple Speeding Ticket
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 11 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Virginia's recently repealed "abuser" fees got a lot of coverage in the press -- but few people understand that a standard-issue traffic ticket can have repercussions just about as lethal to your pocketbook. The difference is that ...
9 Ways To Improve Traffic Safety That The Government Will Ignore Because They Are Too Busy Ticketing You
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 12 Comments »The Federal Highway Administration has strongly recommended nine tools for decreasing road fatalities. You can find them at the end of this article. Most of these tools are fairly basic and simple to implement. So why aren't they already universally ...
What To Do If You Lose Your Copy Of A Traffic Ticket
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 5 Comments »On occasion, traffic ticket recipients misplace or lose their copy of the ticket. Unfortunately, it’s very rare that the police will lose their copy of the same ticket. In other words, ignoring the problem will not make it go away. The ...
Please Pay This Surcharge So We Can Afford To Write More Tickets
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 8 Comments »According to the New Jersey Courier Post, a New Jersey state legislator wants drivers to pay for increased police patrols: Sen. Jeff Van Drew, D-Cape May, is proposing a $40 surcharge on all motor vehicle violations and using the money -- ...
Police Officer Gives Himself $21,000 Raise Using Stop Sign Tickets
Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 71 Comments »A recent article by John Stossel examined a Michigan police officer's penchant for giving out stop sign tickets as a means of increasing his income. Day after day in Warren, Mich., people wait in a long line to pay traffic fines. ...
Atlanta Suburb Turns Drivers Into Fuel Pumps
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 8 Comments »It's a ridiculous concept, but somehow it seemed inevitable. Check out this story from USA Today: The surging price of gasoline has come to this: a "fuel surcharge" on your next speeding ticket. Drivers caught speeding in this north Atlanta suburb ...
Trial By Declaration: Fight A Traffic Ticket Without Going To Court
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 26 Comments »The traffic ticket industry relies on people not having enough time to fight their tickets. Going to court, often multiple times, can be a burden on even the most motivated ticket fighters. Because of the amount of time a traffic ...
It’s Traffic Ticket Season!
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 20 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President When it’s 30 degrees below zero you can drive through a school zone at 60 MPH in relative confidence, even if Officer Jones is spraying the street with radar beams. He isn’t about to exit that ...
Are You A Cop Car Magnet?
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 70 Comments »By Farley James There is a subset of the population who are cop car magnets. They barely turn the ignition key on and the red and blue lights are flashing in the rear view mirror. Is it their race, their color, their ...
What Everyone Should Know About Laser Guns
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 71 Comments »By James Baxter, NMA President The use of laser speed estimation devices, sometimes referred to as LIDAR, has been accompanied by a lot of heavy breathing and claims of infallibility on the part of law enforcement agencies. “Pinpoint accuracy, undetectable,” ...
