How Not To Run A Speed Trap
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Speed Traps | No Comments »You know you're running a blatant speed trap when other police agencies start warning the public about your officers. Most police agencies try to keep their speed traps somewhat subtle. That way they can collect as much money as possible without ...
How To Fight A Michigan Speeding Ticket
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | No Comments »The Detroit News is in the middle of a series of articles on speed limits. This article, excerpted below, gives a good overview of how to fight a speeding ticket in Michigan: But motorists often lose their cases because they aren't ...
6 Dumb Traffic Laws That Should Be Repealed
Friday, November 14th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 21 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Just because it's "the law" doesn't mean it's right -- or even sensible -- when it comes to traffic law, anyhow. While we may have no choice but to obey -- or risk a ticket -- that ...
Help Us Stop Short Yellow Lights
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 5 Comments »The National Motorists Association Foundation is organizing a national grassroots effort to publicize and discourage the practice of using traffic signals with short yellow durations as revenue generators at red light ticket camera intersections. The Stop Short Yellow Lights Project ...
A "Reasonable And Prudent" Approach To Speed Limits
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Speed Limits | 28 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist "Speeding" is one of those things that's very much in the eye of the beholder -- and the letter of the law. There is the ...
Ford’s MyKey System: The Rise Of The Mom Culture
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Technology | 6 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Yesterday's tyrannies came to us in the name of the people - or the race or the nation. We may get ours in the name of the children. At least, when it comes to our cars ...
Brand New Speed Trap Exchange Website Launched!
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Speed Traps | 3 Comments »After a lengthy development process, we've launched our completely redesigned Speed Trap Exchange Website (www.speedtrap.org), a popular listing of known speed traps across the United States. Speedtrap.org is the oldest active website on the Internet devoted to exposing unethical law enforcement ...
How To Objectively Identify Unsafe Drivers
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 45 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist For years I have been arguing that the most objective -- and perhaps, definitive -- measure of a driver's ability to drive safely is whether he or she has been involved in an at-fault accident. Speeding tickets, ...
Short Red-Light Camera Grace Period Leads To Ticket Refunds
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Red-Light Cameras | 6 Comments »Last week, Daniel Rubin of the Philadelphia Inquirer publicized the story of a local driver who was unjustly ticketed: Mike Kochkodin didn't think his car blew the traffic signal on Roosevelt Boulevard. But a few days after the white light flashed, ...
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 ...
