June 28, 2010 Speeding Tickets From The Air Suffolk County is experimenting with using a small airplane to assist police officers in issuing speeding tickets, reckless driving tickets and other moving violations.
May 24, 2010 New (More Serious) Reckless Driving Ticket Coming A new law in New York is near passage imposing a 6-month suspension whenever a driver seriously injure a pedestrian while driving recklessly.
May 14, 2010 Speed Enforcement From Outer Space? Satellites will soon be used in the United Kingdom to monitor speeding motorists and issue them speeding tickets.
April 28, 2010 Crackdown In Nassau County On Aggressive Driving In Effect Through May 9th From now through May 9th, Nassau County will have extra police officers out on the road enforcing traffic laws such as speeding, unsafe lane changes and failure to yield the right of way. Be extra cautious to avoid being snared.
April 19, 2010 Stopwatch Used To Beat Red Light Ticket A man used a stopwatch to beat a red light ticket by showing a traffic court judge that the yellow phase was too quick violating local laws.
April 10, 2010 Man Improperly Issued 32 Tickets A man recently had to appear at the Nassau County Traffic And Parking Violations Agency at 16 Cooper Street, Hempstead, to answer 32 tickets which rightfully did not belong to him.
March 30, 2010 Appellate Court Upholds Tasering 3x Of Speeding Motorist Three Seattle police officers who tasered a pregnant motorist three times for refusing to sign a speeding ticket and exit her vehicle were granted immunity from suit from an appellate court.
March 26, 2010 Cell Phone Ticket Crackdown From midnight March 25, 2010 through midnight on March 26, 2010, the NYPD will be heavily enforcing the cell phone law requiring motorists to use a hands-free device while driving.
March 19, 2010 New Type Of Traffic Control Device? A new type of traffic control device has been proposed. It's across between a stop sign and a yield sign.
March 14, 2010 How To Avoid Being Ripped Off In A NYC Cab NYC taxi drivers have been ripping off passengers by charging the wrong meter rate. Don't be a victim of these dis-honest hacks.
March 5, 2010 Two DMV workers arrested Two employees who worked at the DMV office adjoining the Manhattan Traffic Violations Bureau were recently arrested for issuing fraudulent licenses.
March 5, 2010 Fighting A Laser Speeding Ticket To fight a laser speeding ticket, you need to understand the math and science behind laser technology.
February 28, 2010 Driving And Texting Message To Become A Primary Traffic Violation Governor David Paterson has introduced a bill which would remove the loophole in the current law prohibiting driving and text messaging. The new law would make driving and text messaging a traffic offense even if you commit no other moving violation.
February 19, 2010 Don't Watch Porn And Drive A truck driver on the New York Thruway recently learned of the dangers of enjoying porn while driving his truck.
February 14, 2010 Motorist Tries To Get Creative In Beating HOV Lane Law A Long Island motorist wanted to use the HOV lane on the Long Island Expressway without receiving a ticket. She came up with a creative (albeit unsuccessful) way to beat the system.
February 5, 2010 2009 Success Rates Posted We continue to be the only New York law firm which posts its success rates at New York traffic courts.
February 2, 2010 Strict Enforcement Alert: Hylan Boulevard in Staten Island Between January 14th to January 25th, police officers have issued 87 speeding tickets and 115 cell phone violations to motorists on Hylan Boulevard, south of Richmond Avenue.
January 2, 2010 How To Talk Yourself Out Of A Traffic Ticket This article will discuss various things you can say and do to hopefully avoiding receiving a speeding ticket or other traffic ticket.
November 9, 2009 Matthew Weiss speaks to NY Accelerator Group On November 9, 2009, Matthew Weiss spoke to 34 business owners enrolled in the Entrepreneurs' Organization's Accelerator Program on the topic of online marketing.
September 28, 2009 Camera Speeding Tickets In New York? With red light cameras proliferating throughout New York, it appears only a matter of time before speeding ticket cameras are installed.
August 16, 2009 Ticket-Fixing At Nassau County Traffic Court Six employees of the Nassau County Traffic Violations & Parking Agency were fired for allegedly fixing tickets for friends and family.
August 16, 2009
Ticket-Fixing At Nassau County Traffic Court
July 11, 2009 NYC Drivers Waste Time New York City drivers waste more time in rush-hour traffic than any other US metropolitan area (except Los Angeles).
July 3, 2009 Real Time Traffic Cameras You can check out live still images and video streaming of key roadways in New York City by visiting the web site of the New York City Department of Transportation.
June 14, 2009 Relationship Between Traffic Tickets And Accidents There is a direct connection between strict enforcement of the traffic laws and accidents. The greater the enforcement, the lower the number of the accidents.
May 16, 2009 The Most Expensive Traffic Ticket Ever? Who said that traffic tickets aren't expensive? A record $37,554.54 fine was imposed for a truck ticket recently.
May 3, 2009 Nassau County Red Light Cameras List Nassau County will shortly be installing 54 red light cameras at high traffic intersections throughout the county.
April 10, 2009 Matthew Weiss In Newsday - 3/22/09 A photograph of Matthew Weiss and his client was published in a page 4 Newsday article.
March 31, 2009 Auto Insurance Rates Rising Automobile insurance rates have risen in New York as a result of the Legislature's decision to allow up to 5% hikes without regulatory approval.
March 31, 2009 New York's Budget Hits Motorists Hard The New York's Legislature approved a new budget which continues a long standing pattern of taxing New York's motorists.
March 19, 2009 Confessions Of A Traffic Lawyer Blog Confessions Of A Traffic Lawyer blog going strong offering tips on fighting a traffic ticket, traffic laws and funny traffic-related anecdotes.
March 14, 2009 NYC Issues roughly 9,000 cell phone traffic tickets in 24 hours. As reported a few days ago on this site, the NYPD held a 24-hour crack down on motorists using a cell phone device without a hands-free device. Over 9,000 cell phone traffic tickets were issued (compared to about 500 on a usual day). Even Edgar Sandavol, a Daily News reporter, covering the crack down was caught and issued a cell phone ticket.
March 10, 2009 Cell Phone Ticket Blitz Today, March 11, 2009 Starting at midnight tonight (March 11, 2009), NYPD officers will be on the prowl for motorists failing to use a hands-free device for their cell phones.
March 5, 2009 Dismissal of a 200-MPH Speeding Ticket Our firm's record speeding ticket victory and, in fact, the highest speeding ticket we've ever defended was one for 200 mph in a 55 mph zone.
February 14, 2009 New York City Motorists Speeding Away A recent study performed by the Transportation Alternatives shows that New York City motorists are speeding at a very high rate.
February 7, 2009 Motorist Issued 50 Traffic Tickets! A motorist was issued over 50 traffic tickets for various moving violations (such as speeding and reckless driving), all in one day!
January 24, 2009 New York City Traffic Ticket Scandal A mother and son working for the Traffic Violations Bureau were arrested for alleging fixing thousands of New York City traffic tickets.
December 20, 2008 New York Speeding Violation Dismissed For A Patio? Suffolk County Police Officer Bruce Blanco was arrested and charged with allegedly trying to fix a New York speeding ticket in exchange for the lead-footed motorist constructing for him a $15,000 brick patio at his home.
November 25, 2008 Interview On New YorkBTV.com - 11/6/2008 Matthew Weiss was interviewed for business web site NewYorkBTV.com on the topic of How To Effectively Negotiate.
October 24, 2008 Beating An Un-Beatable Traffic Ticket Britney Spears recently contested a traffic ticket charge will is rarely contested ... and won!
October 20, 2008 How A New York Traffic Ticket Impacts A Probationary License A New York traffic ticket can be particularly harsh on those with probationary licenses. This article will explain the interplay between a NY traffic ticket and a probationary license.
October 11, 2008 Get Out Of A New York Traffic Ticket? Out of state motorists have come up with a new way to get out of their tickets .... throw them away.
October 11, 2008
A New Way To Get Out Of A New York Traffic Ticket?
September 14, 2008 New York Overweight Tickets To Be Harder To Beat A New York truck ticket will be harder to beat as a result of the New York Department Of Transportation adding a new weapon to its NY truck ticket and overweight ticket writing arsenal.
September 9, 2008
New York Overweight Tickets To Be Harder To Beat
August 28, 2008 How To Avoid A New York Truck Ticket Added To Web Site We just added a helpful article on how to avoid a New York truck ticket under the Traffic Tips & Resources tab. Just click on Traffic Tips & Resources and then click on Articles to view.
August 25, 2008 New York Speeding Ticket To Cost More Money? Auto insurance rates are starting to climb and, therefore, a New York speeding ticket will often result in even higher rates.
August 19, 2008 Matthew Weiss published in Transport Topics - 8/11/08 Matthew Weiss' article about avoiding New York truck tickets was published in Transport Topics, a weekly newspaper serving the national trucking industry.
August 19, 2008 More "Cheap" New York Speeding Tickets Coming? Petty New York speeding tickets may become the norm given that the high price of gas has forced NY motorists to drive less and thereby reducing the number of targets for police officers.
July 29, 2008 New Book Details Surprising Information About Traffic Habits In his new book, "Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do" author Tom Vanderbilt spent years researching the driving habits of motorists and arrives at some surprising conclusions.
July 6, 2008 Nassau County Raises Traffic Ticket Fees Nassau County recently created various new fees involving New York speeding tickets and other traffic tickets.
June 24, 2008 NYC To Close 5 Miles Of Roadways It will be impossible to receive a NYC speeding ticket on a 5-mile stretch of Manhattan roads this summer.
June 18, 2008 USA's Worst Traffic Bottleneck Located In NYC The westbound intersection of the Cross Bronx Expressway at the Bronx River Parkway Exit (Exit 4B) has the worst traffic congestion in the country, per a recent survey.
June 12, 2008 Text Messaging And Driving This article will discuss the current state of New York law as it relates to text messaging and driving.
May 27, 2008 Nassau County Publishes Photos of DWI Arrestees Continuing its focus on preventing drunk driving, Nassau County published the names, addresses and photos of all motorists arrested for drinking and driving offense over the Memorial Day weekend.
May 19, 2008 Red Light Cameras in Nassau County? State politicians are pushing to install red light cameras in various intersections throughout Nassau County opening the door to the issuance of more traffic tickets.
April 29, 2008 NYC Issuing More Tickets Than Ever An extra 200,000 parking tickets were issued in NYC for the first quarter of 2008 which translates into the issuance of additional NY traffic tickets.
April 6, 2008 Fred Flintstone Mobile A man receives an unsafe operation traffic ticket while driving a foot-propelled car.
March 16, 2008 Why Fight A New York Speeding Ticket This article covers the reasons why you should plead not guilty and contest any New York speeding ticket.
September 29, 2007 How To Choose A New York Traffic Lawyer This article will help motorists with a New York traffic ticket choose the right New York traffic lawyer to defend them.
September 29, 2007 Fighting A Traffic Ticket At The Traffic Violations Bureau This article will help you fight your own case New York speeding ticket at the Traffic Violations Bureau covering traffic tickets issued in New York City, western Suffolk, Rochester and Buffalo.
September 29, 2007 How Traffic Tickets Affect Auto Insurance Rates This Article addresses the affect on your automobile insurance rates from being convicted of a New York traffic ticket including speeding.
September 26, 2007 What To Do If You Are Involved In A Car Accident In this article, we will discuss certain things you should do in the unfortunate event you are involved in a motor vehicle accident.
September 26, 2007 Break The Law And Lose Your Car The Article will address dealing with the impoundment and possible forfeiture of a motor vehicle arising out of a criminal arrest involving that car.
September 25, 2007 Liability And Renting A Car This Article will address the interplay betwen automobile insurance and car rental.
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