Specialized Driving Privileges: Indiana’s New Hardship License -. Have you been patiently (or impatiently!!!) sitting by the sidelines unable to drive for what seems like forever? Or, have you been driving when you aren’t supposed to, constantly checking your rear-view mirror for police officers? Well it appears there may be good news on the horizon. In fact, you may finally be able to get your license back — not only if you thought you would never…
One of the most common arrests made in Indiana and throughout the country is for driving under the influence. It can be committed by any driver of any type of vehicle who has had too much to drink or taken medications that have caused them to be impaired. As it is such a common criminal charge, there are frequent questions and misconceptions when it comes to DUI cases. This weeks blog takes a look at…
Understanding Indiana’s Statute Forbidding the Passing of a School Bus with the Stop Arm Extended – Unless you’ve been living in a cave, almost every single person knows that you can’t pass a school bus when it is stopped and the arm of the stop sign is extended with flashing lights. In fact, we all probably know someone who has been cited for passing a school bus — that, or if we were honest, perhaps…
Indiana’s Common Driving Offenses – Without question driving related offenses make up a huge majority of criminal cases filed each year. But that makes sense — as the majority of Americans drive at least twice a day for work, and for a significant amount of miles each day. Inevitably, hundreds of thousands of people on a daily basis receive traffic related tickets and criminal offenses ranging from simple speeding tickets, to driving while suspended, and…
Indiana Traffic Attorney Blog: Filing for a Hardship License under I.C. 9-24-15 – Do you find yourself facing a suspension of your license for a significant period of time? Are you worried about how that suspension may place a significant hardship on your ability to make a living and function day to day? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone. And, unfortunately, you are among a large (and ever growing class) of individuals facing a lengthy suspension…
Labeled a Habitual Traffic Violator? Now What? – When you hear the term Habitual Traffic Violator, you almost cringe. It sounds terrible and it invokes images of a horribly reckless driver with a driving record as long as the Dead Sea Scrolls. What most people don’t realize is that it doesn’t take much to earn the moniker “habitual” traffic offender. In fact, many people become labeled as “habitual” and didn’t even know they qualified. This…
The Debate over “Masking” Serious CDL Convictions As every single CDL driver knows, without a license to drive, you can’t make money. That’s obvious, right? What every CDL driver doesn’t realize, however, is that many states issue infractions that could easily lead to you losing your license. In fact, as we have discussed in a previous blog, if you get two serious infractions in three years, you lose your license for 60 days — if…
The State’s Struggle to Enforce a Poorly Written Law – Everyone does it, whether you admit to it publicly or not. In fact, so many people do it, if you are savvy enough on the roads, you can look around and probably see 5 out of 10 drivers doing it every morning on the way to work. What am I talking about? Texting and driving. How can you tell people are doing it? Look for…
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