Showing posts with label traffic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traffic. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

When driving the speed limit is breaking the law

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If, on a highway having more than one lane with vehicles traveling in the same direction, the Texas Department of Transportation or a loca...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

HPD's dirty little ticket secret

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We all know that it's hard to win in traffic court. The officer has his shiny gadget that tells him how fast you may or may not have bee...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Just another day at the office for Michael Reichert

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I haven't yet decided whether to laugh at this video or to throw sharp objects at my monitor. Radley Balko posted this video on his blog...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Speedtrapped

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For anyone who has spent any time traveling on US59 north of Houston, the name "Patton Village" evokes strong emotions. For those ...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The price of due process

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Out in the hinterlands of Texas, near the Red River, is a place called Jack County. A total of about 8800 folks call Jack County home. Of co...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Bill to ban texting while driving on cusp of passage

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State Representative Tom Craddick (R-Midland) has proposed legislation ( HB243 ) that would ban drivers in Texas from sending or reading tex...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Big Brother is watching your car

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I had just put the girls to bed and was looking to unwind for a few minutes so I flipped on the television and watched Billy the Exterminato...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Audit reveals problems in radar traffic enforcement

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It's amazing what a simple little public information request will turn up sometimes. In Harris County it turns out that deputy constab...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

DA looking into traffic fatality prosecutions

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The Harris County District Attorney's Office is in the middle of reviewing over 100 traffic fatality cases to determine if proper proto...
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Monday, August 31, 2009

New traffic laws take effect in Texas

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Here is a summary of new traffic laws going into effect in Texas beginning on September 1, 2009... SB 328 The power of the police to draw bl...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Turning a traffic stop into something more

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I came across an interesting article written by Joe Buckley, president of John E. Reid and Associates , in The Police News this morning as I...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

It's spring in the valley

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While I spend most of my time downtown at the Criminal (In)justice Center, I still handle the occasional traffic ticket in Harris County. O...