Category Archives: Traffic Law
FLORIDA DUI PENALTIES AND SENTENCING
If you are arrested for a DUI in the state of Florida, you are facing a serious criminal charge. If convicted of a Florida DUI, your sentence will include numerous conditions such as a fine, jail, driver’s license suspension, impoundment of your car, an ignition interlock device, and probation. DUI convictions can carry serious consequences… Read More »
ARRESTED DURING SPRING BREAK? WHAT NOT TO DO!
It’s that time of year again. Young students and people from all across the country flock to Florida for Spring Break looking to have fun. However things sometimes get out of hand and they get arrested or cited for a crime. If you get arrested; don’t make the common mistakes which can impact you for… Read More »
Uninsured Motorist Insurance In Florida: Are You “Fully Covered?”
If I have heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times: I am fully covered. Fully covered means different things to different people. In cases involving automobile accidents with personal injury, unless you carry uninsured motorist coverage, you are NOT fully covered. In the State of Florida, regarding personal injury claims, drivers are only… Read More »
Florida’s Habitual Traffic Offender (HTO) Designation: Criminal Traffic Pleas Can Come Back to Haunt You
The Florida Statute Section 322.64 designates Habitual Traffic Offenders (HTO’s) as persons with specified convictions within a 5 year period. Convictions for such offenses as involuntary manslaughter, DUI, Driving with a Suspended or Revoked License, Leaving the Scene of an Accident resulting in Death or Personal Injury, or any felony in the commission of which… Read More »