by Lea Bickerton | Feb 4, 2009 | Traffic Ticket
Several states, including Pennsylvania, are considering strengthening their seat-belt laws to qualify for federal highway funds. Under existing law, a seat-belt violation is considered to be a secondary violation. Therefore, police officers are not permitted to pull a...
by Lea Bickerton | Dec 11, 2008 | Traffic Ticket
Magistrate Carolyn Bengel found 69 drivers not guilty in the Pittsburgh Traffic Court last week. Magistrate Bengel disapproved of the fact that the police officers did not appear in court to identify drivers. Additionally, the police liaison did not produce a valid...
by Lea Bickerton | Nov 27, 2008 | Traffic Ticket
Pittsburgh Police will be focusing on pedestrian safety issues. Officers will be issuing tickets to drivers for failure to yield to pedestrians and to pedestrians for jaywalking.For more information, go...
by Lea Bickerton | Oct 21, 2008 | Traffic Ticket
After a mistrial where 10 jurors were in favor of acquittal, prosecutors in California dropped the driving without a valid license charge against Britney Spears. While the prosecutor claims that it is difficult to prosecute a celebrity in California, Spears’...