This summer, many Georgians stayed close to home for a vacation. Many small towns along 1-75 and I-95 have annexed land out to these freeways so they can operate speed traps here, snagging many out-of-towners with speeding tickets. If you received a speeding ticket...
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Your insurance rate will increase with speeding violations
The State of Georgia is unique in that it has a specially-designated law for those who speed excessively beyond the posted speed limit. Known as the Georgia Super Speeder law, this law penalizes drivers by imposing an additional fine and possibly higher car insurance...
Woman arrested for DUI, but refuses breath test
A woman in Walker County, Georgia, was pulled over by the Georgia State Patrol. She was eventually arrested for a DUI, but she did refuse a breath test, offering some interesting insight into why this may be done. According to reports, officers said she wasn't able to...
Teen accidents linked to numerous factors
Teens are high-risk drivers. It's just a statistical fact -- and often a tragic one. For example, for kids between 14 years old and 19 years old, nothing takes more lives than car accidents. It's not enough to point out that teens crash far more often than they...
Common items can trigger drug tests
When police said they'd found drugs, you laughed it off. You knew you didn't have any illegal drugs in the house. Then they got out a test kit, and the chemicals changed colors. They arrested you, saying that the test had shown you did have illegal drugs. Now you're...
An ignition interlock device helps get your license back sooner
One of the hardest parts about facing DUI charges is that you lose your license. Driving is something that is so important in society, and so necessary to the way you live, that it's nearly impossible to get by without it. For a first offense in Georgia, you may lose...
The threat of the bored driver
You hear a lot about the dangers posed by aggressive drivers. You hear about reckless drivers, those who enjoy driving and perhaps trust their own skill a bit too much. But what about the bored driver? Some studies have found that they could be the most dangerous of...
6 factors that indicate intent to distribute
You're not just facing minor drug charges. Police are saying you intended to distribute the drugs. That could lead to a strict sentence. What you're wondering, then, is how they determined that you intended to sell the drugs. That's not what you told them; you may...
Georgia’s Drivers Are Unusually Dangerous. And Labor Day Traffic Is Coming.
Georgia's drivers rank among the most dangerous in the nation. At least, a recent report in the International Business Times says so. The article details a study conducted by a tech firm that sought to identify which states had the most dangerous drivers. Several...
Why do accident fatality rates rise at night?
Statistically speaking, driving at night is more dangerous than driving during the day. It's not because there are more car accidents. There are fewer. However, the odds of passing away in an accident start to climb as it gets dark. Why is this? The National Highway...