There is a long history of considerate drivers warning other drivers of police speed traps by flashing their headlights to oncoming traffic. What you probably don’t know is some police will try to issue you a traffic citation if you flash your headlights to warn of a speed trap. That’s exactly what happened to Missouri driver Michael Elli. A policeman …
Sometimes police will issue you a traffic citation for something you did not do, or something that was not your fault. This is certainly irritating to conventional drivers, perhaps even harassment, but it can downright harmful to those with a commercial driver’s licence (CDL). Any traffic violation has the potential to affect a CDL holder’s current employment or future employability. …
You may not have gotten that last speeding ticket for the reason you believe you did. Yes, you may have been speeding, but were you being unsafe? Probably not. The reality is speeding tickets are a revenue generation tool for police departments and local governments. Speeding tickets constitute low-hanging fruit for policemen and are generally what we describe as victim-less …
Lynda Farley did. Ms. Farley drives a mini van that she has decorated with various political posters, stickers and objects. She calls it the “Liberty Van.” Ms. Farley, who hails from Edmonton, Kentucky, was passing through New Jersey on her way home from September 11 memorial ceremonies in New York, when she was issued an obstructed-view citation in 2012. It is …
