Traffic Tickets to Cost Tennesseans More
Tennesseans could be charged up to nearly $70 more for traffic tickets under a new state law that takes effect next month and is intended to fund crime lab services for law enforcement agencies. The...
View ArticleMass. High Court Upholds Charging Fees for Traffic Ticket Appeals
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that charging filing fees to residents appealing traffic tickets does not violate equal protection. The Sept. 21 decision affirms the lower court’s...
View ArticleNew York Troopers Issue 33,000 Tickets Through Holidays
New York State Police say they issued more than 33,000 traffic tickets and arrested 538 people for driving while intoxicated statewide in a campaign that began Dec. 14 and continued through the...
View ArticleWith Focus on Property Crimes and Violence, Dallas Police Write Fewer Traffic...
Police in Dallas have issued 37,000 fewer traffic tickets as the force puts more resources toward fighting property crimes and violent offenses. Officers wrote more than 211,800 tickets in the fiscal...
View ArticleSpeed-Trap Tipoff Tickets in Delaware Lead to ACLU Lawsuit
A town police department in Smyrna, Delaware, is facing a lawsuit over its ticket-writing policies after the Delaware American Civil Liberties Union said police wrongly ticketed a driver who flashed...
View ArticleMaryland County Eyes Doubling Fines for Passing School Buses
Police have issued tickets to 730 drivers for passing stopped school buses in Maryland’s Montgomery County in the past nine months. Police say that number is way too high. In Maryland’s Washington...
View ArticleNew York Troopers Issued 11,198 Tickets Over Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend
New York State Police issued more than 11,000 tickets over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. During the five-day campaign that started last Wednesday, regular patrols were beefed up statewide to focus...
View ArticleImpact of Driving Record on Auto Insurance Cost Varies Widely by State
While motorists who commit moving violations typically pay higher auto insurance costs, how much more they pay varies significantly by state, according to a report by an online insurance seller. For...
View ArticleGeorgia Officers Issue 270 Tickets Under ‘Slow Poke’ Law
The Georgia State Patrol says officers have written about 270 tickets under a law that makes it illegal to block faster drivers in the left-hand lane. The state’s so-called “slow poke” law took effect...
View ArticleA Drive to Help the Poor Get Back Behind the Wheel
Zia Gbau, who came to Vermont as a refugee from the Republic of Congo, suffered a serious stroke last year and was unable to work for several months. Without money, his truck fell into disrepair, and...
View ArticleTennessee Lawmaker’s Suggestion for Handling Traffic Tickets: Ignore, Burn Them
A Republican Tennessee lawmaker says getting a traffic camera ticket isn’t a problem – he just burns them. State Rep. Andy Holt set such ticket ablaze on May 26 and posted the video to Facebook. A news...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Starts Online Program to Dismiss Traffic Tickets
North Carolina courts have launched an online program to dismiss traffic tickets. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that director of the state Administrative Office of the Courts Marion Warren...
View ArticlePleas Announced in Pennsylvania License Plate Ring
Authorities have announced pleas in a ring that they said made millions renting out fraudulently obtained Pennsylvania license plates. Fifty-one-year-old Rafael Levi of Brooklyn, New York, entered open...
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