Matthew J Traffic Violations Law Blog

Pursuant to California law an intentional violation of a promise to appear in court, or of a lawfully granted continuance of a promise to appear, is a misdemeanor, even if the original charge is an infraction, i.e., it is punishable by a fine of up to $1000 (plus the penalty assessment) and/or by up to six months in jail. The prosecutor or the court may reduce the charge of a failure to appear to an infraction.... Read More

The offense of driving over 100 is on the rise in California Courts.  Speeding tickets in general are a huge cost factor for the average consumer and the increase in insurance alone drives many citizens to seek out a lawyer according to one Mojave CA Speeding Ticket Attorney.  The Mojave Court and its judges are tough on violations over 100 and here is a recitation of the law:... Read More

The ever so popular prominence of radar tickets becomes a heated issue in California where the state is battling to balance the budget and avoid financial meltdown.  On eway to recover more money is to collect more revenue from speeding tickets.  This practice is seen as an outrageous effort on the part of Government and enrages many legal commentators including one Kern County Speeding Ticket Lawyer that denounces the practice and asks the state to look into whether any laws are being... Read More

The crime of driving on suspended license in Los Angeles County is treated as a misdemeanor and is punisable by up to a year in the county jail along with huge fines.  The general population is entirely unaware of the fact that it is possible to be convicted of VC 14601, driving while your license is suspended even when the person does not have a valid California Drivers License, or many has no license at all.... Read More

The DMV in California has various punitive sanctions to impose against those that refuse to submit to a breath test upon being arrested for drunk driving.  One Refusal DUI Defense Attorney tells us that the ramifications against a driving record can indeed be severe.  First of all, the DMV will take your license for one year, secondly the Court will mandate jail if convicted of a DUi refusal after trial.  Henceforth, many pundits offer the following advice: take the breatnh test i... Read More

Millions of travelers are stopped and given tickets in California every year.  Many of these drivers are visiting from other states while some are simply ignorant about the complexities of California traffic and sppeeding ticket laws according to one Lamont Kern County Speeding Ticket Attorney located in the Central Valley.... Read More

Despite the importance the trucker plays in our economy California law enforcement often places unreasonable restrictions on their lives by stopping and citing them for petty violations of the vehicle code.  Truck Ticket Attorneys recognize the tough jobs truck drivers have and endeavor to assist them when they have a unjustified speeding ticket, log book violation, lane citation, overweight ticket, DWI or ha... Read More

This week the LAPD gave its officers a warning to not dismiss cases where their memory has been lost.  The pressure to press charges in ticket cases where officers have no independent recollection of the events is reprehensible to many.  Litigation is anticipated in these cases where officers are forced to testify in cases where they do not remember the event.... Read More

A new DUI Blog was launched to discuss the latest trends and issues in DUI enforcement, we encourage everyone to log on and share comments.... Read More

In California, most speeding tickets stay on your DMV record for 3 years with some exceptions.  For example, a 100 plus violation stays on your record for seven years.  Acccording to Mojave Speeding Ticket Attorney , if you are convicted of VC 22348b, otherwise known as driving over one hundred miles per hour, then you will see the conviction for speeding remain on your MVR for at least 7 years since it is a 2 point vi... Read More