| March 11, 2010 |
| Clearwater Police Stop Man For An Illegal U-Turn And He Dies During The Traffic Stop |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
 |
| Clearwater police are working to curtail what is normally their highest-accident month by beefing up red light enforcement . That was the case Wednesday when they pulled over a man for making an illegal U-Turn . Moments later the driver’s ... |
|
| Continue reading "Clearwater Police Stop Man For An Illegal U-Turn And He Dies During The Traffic Stop" » |
|
Permalink  |
| |
| March 10, 2010 |
| D-Day For Texting And Driving In Tallahassee |
| Posted By |
|
| A House committee will take a look at a bill to ban texting-and-driving on Florida’s roads and highways. According to an Associated Press story, the bill being considered would make texting while driving a crime, which would be a secondary offense. ... |
|
| Continue reading "D-Day For Texting And Driving In Tallahassee" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| March 08, 2010 |
| Tampa Driver Kills Pedestrian, Leaves The Scene And Then Returns With Her Parents |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Hillsborough County Sheriff’s thought they were investigating a hit and run Sunday evening when they were called to a fatal crash on Dakota Avenue in Tampa. The driver who ran over and killed Billy Leedan Ivy may not be charged with leaving the ... |
|
| Continue reading "Tampa Driver Kills Pedestrian, Leaves The Scene And Then Returns With Her Parents" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| March 03, 2010 |
| No Driver’s License And Eluding The Police Justifies A $10,000 Bond In Manatee County? |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| A Sarasota man who allegedly ran a stop sign and then tried to elude the police was jailed on a $10,120 bond Tuesday night. Braxton T. Morgan was charged with driving without a license and fleeing to elude. He led police on a chase that took him ... |
|
| Continue reading "No Driver’s License And Eluding The Police Justifies A $10,000 Bond In Manatee County? " » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| March 01, 2010 |
| Hernando County Teacher Charged With DUI Following A Stop For Speeding |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Ramia Vasquez was allegedly speeding on a Spring Hill street when Hernando County deputies pulled her over. Upon the traffic stop the 37-year-old school teacher reportedly smelled of alcohol, had trouble keeping her balance and also had bloodshot ... |
|
| Continue reading "Hernando County Teacher Charged With DUI Following A Stop For Speeding" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| February 25, 2010 |
| Florida Red-Light Cameras Embroiled In a Legal And Legislative Battle Royale |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Florida’s controversial red light camera system is in the midst of a political and legal struggle for its survival. Earlier this week a Miami-Dade judge ruled the traffic tickets issued by cameras for running red lights were illegal. Now a Hernando ... |
|
| Continue reading "Florida Red-Light Cameras Embroiled In a Legal And Legislative Battle Royale" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| February 22, 2010 |
| Miami-Dade Judge Rules Red-Light Cameras Are Illegal |
| Posted By |
|
| A judge in Miami-Dade has ruled that the city of Aventura can no longer use cameras to issue traffic tickets to people who run red lights . According to the Florida Traffic Lawyer quoted in the CBS4.com article, the judge’s ruling says that the ... |
|
| Continue reading "Miami-Dade Judge Rules Red-Light Cameras Are Illegal" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| February 16, 2010 |
| Kissimmee And St. Cloud Drivers Receive 166 Traffic Citations By Osceola County Sheriffs On Monday |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| The Osceola County Sheriff’s office conducted two Driver’s License and Safety Checkpoints Monday during which there were 166 traffic citations issued. The checkpoints were set up to increase driver’s awareness of the dangers of violating traffic ... |
|
| Continue reading "Kissimmee And St. Cloud Drivers Receive 166 Traffic Citations By Osceola County Sheriffs On Monday" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| February 10, 2010 |
| Distracted Driving Law Could Face An Uphill Battle In Florida |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| We just blogged about a distracted driving law nearing passage in Iowa and now there is more news concerning the status of texting and driving in Florida. According to a story on the Sarasota Herald Tribune website, the proposed ban on texting while ... |
|
| Continue reading "Distracted Driving Law Could Face An Uphill Battle In Florida" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| February 10, 2010 |
| Two Pedestrians And A Bicyclist Killed On Tampa Bay Roads In Just 12 Hours |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| A rash of fatal car accidents involving pedestrians and bike riders struck the streets of Tampa Bay in the last 12 hours. Two pedestrians and a bicyclist were all killed by cars beginning Tuesday night. Of the three fatalities, two are being ... |
|
| Continue reading "Two Pedestrians And A Bicyclist Killed On Tampa Bay Roads In Just 12 Hours " » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| February 04, 2010 |
| California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger Floats The Idea Of Speeding Cameras To Raise $400 Million |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Facing a steep budget deficit California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger planned to install cameras that would automatically issue speeding tickets just like the ones that are already installed to issue traffic citations for running a red light . The ... |
|
| Continue reading "California’s Arnold Schwarzenegger Floats The Idea Of Speeding Cameras To Raise $400 Million" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| January 26, 2010 |
| Motorcyclist Charged With Hit And Run In Sarasota After Leaving His Passenger Hurt On The Road |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Florida Highway Patrol troopers have charged an Illinois man with two counts of hit and run following a motorcycle accident in Sarasota County. According to The Sarasota Herald Tribune, 52-year-old Armando Tellez has been charged in conjunction with ... |
|
| Continue reading "Motorcyclist Charged With Hit And Run In Sarasota After Leaving His Passenger Hurt On The Road" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| January 19, 2010 |
| Pasco County Woman Awaiting Extradition From NY Due To Fatal Motorcycle Crash Last Year |
| Posted By 1 800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Deborah Terrero, formerly of Hudson, Florida was arrested in New York this past weekend on a fugitive from justice warrant issued in December. The 53-year-old woman is accused of causing the death of a passenger on the back of a motorcycle in a ... |
|
| Continue reading "Pasco County Woman Awaiting Extradition From NY Due To Fatal Motorcycle Crash Last Year" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| January 05, 2010 |
| Woman In Electric Wheelchair In Critical Condition Following St. Pete Hit-And-Run |
| Posted By 1800 FIGHT IT |
|
| More details are emerging in a St. Petersburg hit and run case that left a handicapped woman in critical condition. Police are searching for a large SUV that is either blue or black that hit 55-year-old Shirley Anne Lavine as she crossed a street in ... |
|
| Continue reading "Woman In Electric Wheelchair In Critical Condition Following St. Pete Hit-And-Run" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| January 05, 2010 |
| State Senator In Hit And Run Case Blames Failed Alcohol Breath Test On His Toothpaste |
| Posted By 1800 FIGHT IT |
|
| A state senator who was on probation for a hit-and-run accident was sentenced to a year in jail following a failed breath test . Part of Anthony Gallucio’s probation was he could not drink alcohol and would be required to submit to random testing. ... |
|
| Continue reading "State Senator In Hit And Run Case Blames Failed Alcohol Breath Test On His Toothpaste " » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| December 16, 2009 |
| Update On Tampa Police Initiative To Stop Pedestrian Deaths |
| Posted By 1800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Police officers were out in force on Kennedy Blvd. Tuesday and Wednesday in an attempt to try and stem the tide of pedestrian deaths on Tampa streets. The police wrote seven tickets to Tampa drivers and handed out 91 warnings to pedestrians on ... |
|
| Continue reading "Update On Tampa Police Initiative To Stop Pedestrian Deaths" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| December 14, 2009 |
| Pedestrian Deaths On Tampa Streets Leads To Crackdown On Jaywalkers, DUI And Crosswalk Violations |
| Posted By 1800 FIGHT IT |
|
| According to a national transportation study, Tampa Bay is ranked the second-most dangerous place in America for foot traffic. According to TampaBay.com, 19 of the 41 Tampa traffic deaths in 2009 were pedestrians. Now the Tampa Police are cracking ... |
|
| Continue reading "Pedestrian Deaths On Tampa Streets Leads To Crackdown On Jaywalkers, DUI And Crosswalk Violations" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| December 07, 2009 |
| Tampa School Bus Driver Cited For Running A Red Light In Monday Morning Crash |
| Posted By |
|
| Two Tampa elementary school students were treated for minor injuries following a school bus crash that was caused by the bus driver running a red light . The students were headed to Phillip Shore Elementary according to Tampa’s 10 Connects when the ... |
|
| Continue reading "Tampa School Bus Driver Cited For Running A Red Light In Monday Morning Crash" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| December 04, 2009 |
| Tampa Bike Rider Receives Traffic Ticket For Impeding Traffic |
| Posted By 1800 FIGHT IT |
|
| Ever wonder how you get a traffic ticket when you don’t even own a car? Just ask USF student Brad Marcel who received a traffic citation for riding his bicycle in the middle of what he deemed a narrow road. He was stopped by a Tampa police officer ... |
|
| Continue reading "Tampa Bike Rider Receives Traffic Ticket For Impeding Traffic" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| December 03, 2009 |
| Adrian Peterson Runs Fast And Drives That Way Too |
| Posted By 1-800-FIGHT IT |
|
| Adrian Peterson may not be the fastest man in the NFL on the field but when it comes to the highway he may hold that title. The Minnesota Vikings running back was given a speeding ticket for driving 109 MPH this past weekend. The traffic stop took ... |
|
| Continue reading "Adrian Peterson Runs Fast And Drives That Way Too" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |
| November 25, 2009 |
| Fight Your Ticket |
| Posted By Scorpion Deisgn |
|
| Coming Soon! |
|
| Continue reading "Fight Your Ticket" » |
|
| Permalink |
| |