Traffic Laws

A Wisconsin Assembly is planning to hold a hearing this week to consider mandatory jail sentences for those who are convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. It only…

May 8, 2013

Lawmakers in Connecticut are convinced that driving while distracted is a public safety issue which needs more emphasis. They are so committed to this…

May 6, 2013

Colorado legislators failed to pass legislation aimed at setting a legal level for the amount of THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) for drivers. The idea was to make it…

April 23, 2013

The new anti-texting ban in Virginia apparently has a rather large loophole. Although Virginia legislators have made texting while driving a primary offense, allowing police to pull over drivers they…

April 17, 2013

New York Police have identified a driver they say was responsible for driving a car which struck and killed a 4-year-old girl 45 years ago. Yes, that’s almost half a…

April 13, 2013

Maryland has had a distracted driving ban on the books for quite some time. It prevented drivers from using handheld devices to make calls…

April 10, 2013

New York was one of the last state’s to enact a ‘Move Over’ law which required drivers to slow down and move to an outside lane when approaching a stopped…

April 9, 2013

The California Court of Appeals this week ruled that using your cell to check a map while driving violates the states distracted driving ban.…

April 8, 2013

Washington D.C. has decided that some of their traffic fines were way out of whack, and taken the interesting route of actually lowering these fines. It is worth noting that…

April 5, 2013

Vermont legislators are considering taking a serious stance against distracted driving, more than doubling fines for those drivers caught texting behind the wheel and banning the use of cell phone…

April 4, 2013