According to the Manatee County Sheriff
Nearly 47,000 Traffic Tickets Issued In Florida During The Holiday Season
The Florida Highway Patrol participated in the nationwide
Florida Grandmother Jailed For Two Weeks For Driving With A Suspended License
Gabrielle Shaink Trudeau, a 78-year-old grandmother, spent two weeks behind bars over Thanksgiving due to a ticket for driving with a suspended license. The Hallandale Beach woman was held in the Broward County Jail on a $2000 bond following the traffic citation. The elderly woman was recently convicted of a traffic ticket in Miami for […]
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The company running the red light cameras in Lakeland is coming under fire for misleading residents who have received traffic citations. According to a story on the Sarasota Herald Tribune website American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is telling people caught running a red light that if they don
Traffic Tickets Trending Downward For Third Straight Year In Highlands County
For the third straight year there were fewer traffic tickets issued in Highlands County than the previous year. In 2009, there were just over 14,000 traffic cases filed in Highlands County. That is down nearly 1,800 from 2008 and down more than 6,000 from 2007. The last time there was an increase in traffic citations […]
Gator Football Players Rack Up 251 Traffic Citations In Alachua County According To Orlando Sentinel
The reigning National Champion Florida Gators have had a few public embarrassments lately, the latest being the DUI arrest of star linebacker Carlos Dunlap. Now there is more bad news coming out of Gainesville. According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel Gator football players have received 251 traffic citations in Alachua County. The traffic […]
Florida State University Grad Goes To Pay Traffic Tickets And Now Faces Deportation
A 23-year-old graduate of Florida State University went to court to ;pay traffic tickets for driving with an expired license and running a red light. Unfortunately for Andrea Huerfano, she ended up in the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach where she is facing deportation to Colombia. The Coral Springs resident now has just six […]
New Port Richey State Senator Not A Fan Of Florida
Many Florida residents were able to put two and two together when red light cameras began to pop up all over the state at the same time budgets started to get cut. While most city and state officials still claim the cameras are being installed for safety reasons rather than as a traffic ticket, revenue […]
More Problems For Red Light Cameras In Florida
There has been plenty of news surrounding the red light cameras that are issuing tickets in towns all over Florida. Most of it has been about how the system is ticketing the wrong people and how one Florida lawyer is challenging the legality of these cameras. Now comes more controversy. The Lakeland Ledger is reporting […]