I was leaving the Stafford County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court the other day, and I looked to my right to see if it was clear for me to pull out of my spot. I saw a mom texting. She had just been in the court for her son’s traffic case. Texting in the parking [...]
If you’re facing a misdemeanor charge in Virginia or any kind of serious traffic ticket, one question that may be going through your mind is whether or not hiring a lawyer is affordable. You might even question if it would be worth the money. Hiring an attorney does cost money, but I suggest that it’s [...]
Two Virginia delegates recently proposed new legislation that would make texting while driving reckless driving. Currently, texting while driving is a secondary offense: a police officer can only cite a driver for texting while driving if he or she pulls the driver over for another offense. And the fine for texting while driving is only [...]
Delegate Cline’s proposed bill to specifically say classify using a mobile communication device while driving as reckless driving is unnecessary. Not only is it overbroad like I’ve discussed before, but this bill is completely unnecessary because if you’re texting it can already be considered reckless driving. The bill seems to stem from a case back [...]
Virginia Delegate Cline has introduced a proposed texting while driving bill to amend reckless driving to include using a mobile communications device while operating a vehicle. But that would create an overbroad expansion of reckless driving. Some of our legislators apparently equate using a cell phone with failure to maintain control of your vehicle. The [...]
Links: Press release (PDF) Proposed bill Current texting while driving law My article about the pedestrian case Here’s the deal folks. Delegate Cline is trying to make us criminals. If you’ve ever used your smart phone to stream Pandora in the car or used Google Maps for navigation, that includes you. Heck, if you’ve ever [...]
A recent case made headlines here in Virginia because the judge dismissed a reckless driving charge that was brought against a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian. The evidence essentially showed that the driver was probably reading a text message when his vehicle struck the pedestrian. There was no other evidence of other distractions [...]
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