Monthly Archives: October 2026
Laws Arising From Heroic Rescues
All laws can be referred to by numbers, namely the paragraphs of the legal code that state them. Some of them, when spoken of in court or on the news, sound like impermeable legal jargon. Then there are the laws known by cutesy acronyms that abbreviate tortured phrases so awkward that you would think… Read More »
Awkward Attempts to Save Face After a DUI Traffic Stop
After midnight on a weekend last month, a car had its high beams on as it drove down Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key. A police cruiser flashed its lights, and the car pulled over. The driver of the car got out and moved to the backseat. By the time the police car… Read More »
Irresponsible Behavior While Children Are in the Car
The hardest thing about parenting is that you never get a break. Even while you are asleep, you are responsible for your children’s wellbeing. In fact, there are even cases where parents have gotten into legal trouble because they dozed off on the couch in the daytime, and their young children wandered outside until… Read More »
Traffic Cop Encounters Gone Wrong
Getting pulled over by police is always unpleasant, but it is usually not disastrous. A traffic citation is the last thing anyone needs in these times of tight budgets, but getting a traffic ticket is far from the worst-case scenario. The trouble is that, when a police officer is outside your car window as… Read More »
