Category: Traffic Violations
Driving with a Suspended License in Florida
In Florida, driving with your license suspended is a criminal offense. While getting behind the wheel under these circumstances, such behavior can attract severe consequences, such as fines, extended suspension timelines, and even jail time. Once you get caught driving with a suspended Florida driver’s license, there are several legal recourses that you can take…
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Major Win for Meltzer & Bell, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale Hit and Run Case
(Photo Credit: Rafael Olmeda for South Florida Sun Sentinel) Meltzer and Bell, P.A. had the tough task of defending a young art student and tattoo artist with no prior criminal history, Tyler Kersting. The charges arose from a traffic violation that left one of his passengers paralyzed and with life changing brain injuries. Mr. Kersting,…
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No more legal speeding ticket quotas in Florida
The practice of police and other law enforcement having a quota of traffic tickets to write is now forbidden in the Sunshine State. Senate Bill 264, unanimously passed by the Florida Legislature earlier this year, is now in effect. The law, called the “Waldo Bill” after the Florida town notorious for its status as a…
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