Unsafe Lane Change ... Written by Gregory Monte. I have written several posts about how most traffic ticket websites are worthless. Most Traffic Ticket Websites Are Worthless. Yet Another Worthless Traffic Ticket Website Well I just found another one – a law firm - that provides incorrect information about the topic of signaling when changing lanes. … Continue reading Changing Lanes on a Highway: Is a Turn Signal Required by Law?
Written by Gregory Monte. Yesterday I discussed the legal requirements for the size of a stop sign. In that post, I concluded that a stop sign which does not adhere to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) guidelines is not enforceable: A Small Stop Sign Cannot Be Enforced. These same guidelines also apply to … Continue reading Size DOES Matter … At Least When It Comes to Speed Limit Signs …
Written by Gregory Monte. Yesterday I posted a very basic analysis of the number of speeding tickets handed out by Pennsylvania State Troopers over the Labor Day holiday weekend. This was a follow-up to a similar analysis I did of speed enforcement over the Fourth of July weekend. In that earlier post, I determined that three … Continue reading The “Cowboy” PA State Troopers – Revisited …
Written by Gregory Monte. The Pennsylvania State Police Department regularly reports its ticketing statistics after every major holiday weekend. I commented about this right before July 4th 2019 when I posted a warning that certain counties tend to see much higher rates of enforcement than others. I noted, specifically, that Troops A, F & G issued … Continue reading The “Cowboy” State Troopers Were at it Again …
Written by Gregory Monte. Even if you didn’t grow up during the 1990’s like I did, you are probably still familiar with Jerry Seinfeld and the iconic Soup Nazi character he introduced in one of his shows. Wikipedia indicates that this restaurant owner … “… is known as the "Soup Nazi" due to his temperament and … Continue reading The “Soup Nazi“ Approach to Traffic Tickets
Written by Gregory Monte. "We found there was an increase in fatal and injury crashes at locations with posted speed limits set 10 miles per hour or more below engineering recommendations." Vikash Gayah, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Penn State Engineering Studies and Speed Limits According to the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) … Continue reading Lower Speed Limits Are Better … Right?
Written by Gregory Monte. Google Trends is a website which tells you what people are searching for on the internet. The logic behind it is pretty simple - the more people use a particular search term, the more interest they have in that particular topic. Note: All of the charts included in this blog post … Continue reading Google Trends and Traffic Tickets
Written by Gregory Monte. As I have written in many previous blog posts, I love technicalities in the traffic laws – the “petty formal points arising from a strict interpretation of rules.” I spend a lot of time reading motor vehicle codes to find them in order to suggest ways to beat traffic tickets. For … Continue reading Just How “Technical” are Traffic Law Technicalities?
Written by Gregory Monte. This short post is a follow-up to my last two which dealt with the speed limit/reduced speed sign requirements in Pennsylvania: Beating a Speeding Ticket in PA – You may be able to use this interesting technicality to win your case. – This is where I discuss, in some detail, Title 75, … Continue reading The 55 MPH Speed Limit in PA – No Special Signs Required?
Written by Gregory Monte. My last blog post described a technicality in the Pennsylvania speed limit statutes which could be used in court to win your case – the requirement that signs be posted at least every ½ mile. If you want to know the details, go to Beating a Speeding Ticket in PA – … Continue reading PA Speeding Tickets – Two More Technicalities You Might Be Able to Use to Beat a Ticket.
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