New York Traffic Blog

Confused.com, a website that helps motorists shop for auto insurance, recently ran a fascinating experiment about the effects of music on driving behavior. Eight drivers were monitored while listening to…

NYC Traffic Judge Ordered To Take Anger Management Classes

January 30, 2013

In July, 2011, I analyzed every traffic court judge in the Traffic Violations Bureau system and concluded that, by far, the worse traffic court judge was Staten Island TVB judge…

Gov. Cuomo's Proposed New Speeding Ticket Law Widely Misunderstood

January 24, 2013

In his budget address this week, NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo discussed changing the laws regarding how a New York speeding ticket can be resolved. Unfortunately, it has been widely mis-reported…

A New (Illegal) Way To Avoid Red Light Camera Tickets

January 23, 2013

Bizarre & Funny Traffic Items

Goldfinger is one of the best James Bond movies in the series and featured a tricked out Aston Martin. Some of its gadgets included a passenger ejector seat and retractable…

NYC Parking Ticket Checklist

January 17, 2013

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Parking guru Lawrence Berenzin of newyorkparkingticket.com recently created the below checklist for motorists researching whether to fight their parking tickets. Thanks Larry for allowing me to sharing it with my…

Teen Charged With Leaving The Scene Of An Accident After Facebook Admission

January 9, 2013

People write stupid things on various social media sites all the time but one Oregon teenager actually got himself arrested. Jacob Cox-Brown recently posted on Facebook the below message about his…

New Suffolk County Traffic Court Update

December 26, 2012

As a follow-up to my October, 2011 post entitled “More Details On The New Suffolk County Traffic Violations Bureau“, last week, a bill to create the infrastructure to establish a Suffolk…

How To Fight A Speeding Ticket In NY?

December 19, 2012

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Do you have questions on how to get a speed ticket dismissed, how to get a speeding ticket reduced in NY, or how to plead not guilty to a speeding…

NYC Red Light Camera Program Under Attack

December 12, 2012