Topics: Driving & Motor Vehicles - 62 results

The Mississippi Legislature thought it was saying no to Big Brother in passing a law banning the use of traffic cameras three years ago. Now an Arizona-based manufacturer of the cameras is claiming the state has no such right.  American Traffic Solutions has filed suit in Hinds County Circuit Court, claiming that the state’s three-year-old ban on traffic cameras is depriving it of private property without due compensation. ATS claimed that the contract it had entered into with the city …

For decades, marijuana advocates have argued that pot has a significantly different effect on driving ability than alcohol. But if you take the word of one auto insurance company, stoned is actually the safest way to drive. 4AutoinsuranceQuote.org is making that case based on years’ worth of scientific studies, including some from the US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration that found motorists under the influence of marijuana tended to drive slower and have accident responsibility rates lower than those of …

George Orwell’s book “1984″ envisioned a dark future of war, totalitarian rule and constant surveillance by the government through cameras everywhere.  Many drivers feel that the growing forests of traffic cameras are bringing Orwell’s dark scenario to America’s highways. Traffic enforcement cameras are unmanned, automatic ticketing machines used by municipalities to enforce traffic laws. The two most typical installations across the United States are red light cameras and speed enforcement cameras. Red light cameras are triggered to take snapshots of …

Lindsay Lohan is no stranger to a courtroom. The frequently maligned celebrity’s legal drama was the talk of the tabloids throughout 2011. Now LiLo once again finds herself at the mercy of the law after being sued for injuries caused during a hit-and-run. According to witnesses, Lohan allegedly ran a red light while turning left in September 2010, striking Nubia Del Carmen Preza, who was crossing the street while pushing a stroller. The starlet then allegedly fled the scene. Preza …

  An $8.8 million award to the family of a Miami woman killed in a texting while driving accident has drawn attention to Florida’s lack of distracted driving laws. Phone records used to prove texting while driving Florida has shot down proposed distracted driving laws since 2002 Six new potential laws in the works for 2012   Death by Texting Myriam del Socorro Lopez and her husband were driving through Miami in 2008 when their car was struck by defendant …