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DUI New Law

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:13:18 +0000

Is consent needed for a blood alcohol test? Read more here:

20 Facts You Won't Want To Read About America's Infrastructure

Nemi — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:35:07 +0000

Decaying infrastructure is everywhere. Our roads and bridges are crumbling and are full of holes. Our rail system is ancient. Our airports and runways have definitely seen their better days. Aging sewer systems all over the country are leaking raw sewage all over the place. The power grid is straining to keep up with the ever-increasing thirst of the American people for electricity. Dams are failing at an unprecedented rate. Virtually all of our ports are handling far more traffic than they were ever intended to handle.

Texas legislature accidentally makes license plates optional

kylejack — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:56:04 +0000

During an update to the state's driving laws, the Texas legislature inadvertently removed the penalty for driving without a license plate. What was formerly a $200 fine now has no penalty. The new law goes into effect on January 1, 2012, and they won't be able to update it until January of 2013.

The Attorney General is trying to claim that it's implied, but it doesn't look like he has any ground to stand on. http://www.chron.com/news/article/Lawmakers-error-omits-Texas-license-pl...

Private Citizens Perform $4 Million Road Repair Job For Free in 8 Days

orion — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:22:57 +0000

Their livelihood was being threatened, and they were tired of waiting for government help, so business owners and residents on Hawaii’s Kauai island pulled together and completed a $4 million repair job to a state park — for free.

Red Light Cameras

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:15:30 +0000

Red light cameras....Virginia D.O.T. Read more here:

Amish men ordered to jail after refusing to pay fines on buggy

mrtruth — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:46:58 +0000

Mose Yoder was told he owed $158 in fines and court costs for refusing to display a bright orange-red safety triangle on the back of his horse-drawn buggy. Judge Deborah Hawkins Crooks sentenced nine Amish men to between three and 10 days in jail, beginning late Monday night, for their refusal to pay the fines on religious grounds.

Offensive Bumper Stickers?

LoveFreedomAndLiberty — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:34:47 +0000

Can bumper stickers be considered offensive? If a bumper sticker is considered offensive can a person be fined? Read more here:

New car purchases to have a mandatory black box installed.

ViolentDelights — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:52:49 +0000

They've been talking about this since OBDII came out in '96. The original purpose would have been to check the vehicle's emissions "Ready Status" (from roadside transponders, and if the car had failed, it could be flagged, a notice sent to the owner, and in the event of noncompliance, the car could be remotely disabled.

$835 parking ticket

SeanD — Sun, 15 May 2011 07:00:51 +0000

When this town says "No Parking on the Grass" they really mean it.

Obama floats plan to tax cars by the mile

Thrain — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:40:38 +0000

The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive.

There's An App For That -- But There Shouldn't Be

losingfeeling — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:32:22 +0000

Shazam co-founder Philip Inghelbrecht has upped the ante by introducing DriveMeCrazy, a smartphone app that allows anyone to anonymously write a virtual traffic ticket, making the results available to the DMV and insurance companies in the process.

What could possibly go wrong with that?

iPhone app helps users avoid parking tickets

pmfalcon — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:04:44 +0000

Massive parking fines inspired one Australian man to create an iPhone app that lets users warn each other when parking officers are spotted lurking near their cars. Last year alone, he paid thousands of dollars in fines. The final straw came when he was ticketed in his own neighbourhood despite a parking permit that he pays hundreds of dollars for each year. The app lets users "sign in" and report sightings of parking officers with a single push of a button. Cartoon faces wearing a police cap then appear plotted on a map of the area, along with a notice thanking them.

CO Senator kills mother-to-be in head on accident in Amarillo.

Squid — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:16:25 +0000

CO Senator kills mother-to-be in head on accident in Amarillo. What do you think she should be charged with? What do you think she will be charged with?

NYC Slow Snow Cleanup Was Sanitation Department's Budget Protest

andrew.valish — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:35:16 +0000

Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south shore of Staten Island still remained treacherously unplowed last night because of the shameless job action, several sources and a city lawmaker said, which was over a raft of demotions, attrition and budget cuts.

E-ticket devices to be tested by 50 motorcycle officers

setherb — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:23:43 +0000

The Dallas Police Department plans to use 50 E-ticket gadgets in a test program involving motorcycle officers because statistically they write more tickets than other patrol officers.

Missouri Temporarily Suspends More Red-Light Cameras

DSimm626 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:40:32 +0000

The Missouri Department of Transportation has put the brakes on any more red-light cameras on state highways.

Red-Light Cameras: The Trojan Horse

BobRobertson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:44:51 +0000

For two decades the insurance industry and ticket camera merchants have unsuccessfully tried to make photo radar a fixture of American Life. With the exception of a few cities dominated by cranks, social engineers, and nursing home residents, photo radar just couldn't disguise its image for what it really is, a device to milk motorists. The savior came in the form of the red Light Camera.

Bans on Texting While Driving Actually Increases Crash Rate

econ_r6 — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:36:09 +0000

Laws that ban the practice of texting while driving are designed to keep drivers' attention on the road and avoid accidents, but new research published Tuesday by the Highway Loss Data Institute suggest otherwise.

New Study Shows Texting Bans May Make Roads Even More Dangerous

earthdome — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:14:43 +0000

This seems like a classic case of politicians not understanding unintended consequences. Politicians love to ban stuff, but they never take into account the actual response to those bans, and just assume that if the law bans something people will stop doing it. Instead, they may continue to do the action in an even less socially acceptable way -- and that can put a lot more people in danger.

Maybe we dont need trafic lights at many places.

swefred — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:24:12 +0000

Maybe we dont need trafic lights at many places?
Jhon stossel investigates this issue.