Laser-Blocking Cover on my Front Plate Written by Gregory Monte. As I have indicated many times before, I don’t generally go to websites or other blogs to get answers to questions about traffic enforcement. I either go to the original sources (statutes/case law) or I do my own personal research. Why should the question posed … Continue reading Do Laser-Blocking License Plate Covers Really Work?
Written by Gregory Monte. NOTE #1: I have added to the bottom of this post an interaction I had with a reader on Facebook about whether a police officer has to be in uniform or not. NOTE #2: I found a more recent case which suggests that the police do not need a uniform: Com. … Continue reading Can a police officer without a hat give you a ticket – or is he officially out of uniform?
Written by Gregory Monte. NOTE #1: Please check out the end of this post for my interactions with a reader who disagreed with my interpretation of this issue. NOTE #2 (11/25/19): I just found another case which contradicts the original conclusion of this blog post: Com. v. Gommer, 665 A. 2d 1269 - Pa: Superior … Continue reading A Police Officer Must be in Uniform to Issue a Speeding Ticket … in PA, at Least …
Written by Gregory Monte. With the Fourth of July just around the corner, I decided it was a good time to issue the first in a series of analyses of speeding ticket data for Pennsylvania. Like most states, the Pennsylvania State Police increase their traffic enforcement around the holidays. What you will read about in … Continue reading Get Ready for a Speeding Ticket! Holiday Weekend Traffic Enforcement in Pennsylvania.
Written by Gregory Monte. Back in April, I wrote a blog post about drivers who “take their cars out for a walk.” Taking Your Car Out for a “Walk.” A Ticket for the Slow-Pokes. I noted there that Pennsylvania’s Motor Vehicle Code, Title 75, Section 3364(a), regulates minimum speeds: “… no person shall drive a motor … Continue reading The California & Pennsylvania “Slow-Poke” Laws – A Brief Comparison.
Written by Gregory Monte. When it comes to traffic regulation, all states have adopted either the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) or a similar state version of the same. This means that a state must follow the very strict guidelines specified in that manual if it hopes to enforce any traffic restriction … Continue reading Street Signs on Stop Sign Poles – Legal and Enforceable?
Written by Gregory Monte. While most would agree that speed is a factor in fatal car crashes, the issuance of speeding tickets by the police doesn’t seem to help alleviate this tragic situation much at all. Let me state up front that I am not an academic researcher and that I did not do an … Continue reading Issuing More Speeding Tickets Doesn’t Necessarily Lead to Safer Roads.
Written by Gregory Monte. I am pretty sure that everyone has at some point passed a car to the left on a four-lane road (two lanes in each direction with dotted white lines in between). But once you do this, how long are you allowed to stay in that left lane before you are required … Continue reading A Traffic Ticket for Traveling in the Left Lane?
Written by Gregory Monte. Coasting Down a Hill in Your Vehicle is Illegal? My last two blog posts focused on the surprising (to me, at least) fact that coasting a vehicle down a hill is illegal in most states. Here is the break-down in case you missed those posts: States Where Coasting is Legal for … Continue reading Truck Crashes and Coasting – No Clear Correlation.
Written by Gregory Monte. This blog post is a follow-up to Friday’s where I discussed the interesting fact that coasting a vehicle down a hill is illegal in most states. Now that I have completed the research, I can provide a comprehensive list of the states that actually allow this driving behavior. Just so you … Continue reading Coasting Down a Hill is Illegal in Most States (Part Two)
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