People panic when coming to an intersection with cameras and tend to jump on the brake without looking to the rear for fear of getting a citation on the mail. The state of Florida conducted a poll asking if the camera law should be repealed 42% said yes and 58% said no. (Chanel 13 3/2011 ) Many studies have shown that the Red Light Camera Law saves lives said Kathy Till, and Apopka City Commissioner. As of now a House Committee approved the repeal, but the repeal has to pass the State House and Senate. It turns out those red light cameras in Orlando violate state law.
But as mentioned before here is when the problem comes, Florida drivers and SunPass users have recently been receiving bills when they are not supposed to. Receiving bills is not the worst part, but getting a notice in the mail stating that their licenses are about to be suspended due to a toll violation and with no time to appeal this statement because their driving privileges are at risk. A solution to the problem would be if these three state agencies consolidate into one itself and handle the SunPass accounts, the toll by plate and the toll violations all at once. Is understandable that if the battery of the transponder attached to the vehicle is low it may not transmit the signal to the toll booth, but if the state agencies would work together this issue wouldn’t happen. They would be able to look up each license plate before issuing a bill and if the driver is a SunPass account holder and the license plate is registered under a transponder that matches the driver’s information then they can just deduct the payment from the SunPass account in which the account holder has the option of manual or automatic replenishment which consist on deducting a specific amount of money from a bank account or credit card once the balance on the transponder gets to a low limit,
Florida needs to make this an issue. Not only are teens the problem, but adults, too. Yes, we need to learn to have some self-restraint, but if people aren’t informed of the dangers that distracted driving can bring, horrendous car accidents will continue to occur. The media needs to be used to benefit the people and it should be blasted everywhere that technology is not meant to be used while you’re behind the wheel. It’s time for Florida to act on this matter before it’s too
This also refers to the Plain View Doctrine. Since the driver was unconscious and could not give consent to the search, the consent was implied to help assist the driver. With that said the marijuana would be admissible evidence. Officer Smith did everything by the rule book on the night she had a routine traffic stop turn into an accident with the driver unconscious. Officer Smith later found out why the driver fled and did not want to get pulled over in the first place.
This problem originally started when laws came into place that states a person does not have to be seen driving the vehicle, but with the probable cause law if law enforcement arrives and the person is in the vehicle, they can be charged with Dui. This law really need to be re-evaluated because there are some people that are being charged with Dui and losing their jobs and families behind this law. For example, “In Texas, in order for a police officer to make a warrantless DWI arrest, the police must establish that probable cause existed to justify your arrest. Under Texas case law, probable cause exists “when the facts and circumstances within an officer’s personal knowledge and of which he has reasonably trustworthy are sufficient to warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that, more likely than not,” a citizen has committed a crime. In other words, probable cause exists if the officer is able to articulate facts indicating that YOU have or are committing a certain
Many communities attempted and failed to successfully implement such laws, resulting in lawsuits and subsequent repeal of newly adopted laws. The courts recognize panhandling as a protected form of free speech (CCB v State, 1984). Therefore, laws restricting panhandling are viewed as an unconstitutional infringement on free-speech. An anti-panhandling ordinance proposed in Miami, Florida offers another stance on the constitutionality of such ordinances. The city of Miami lobbied for the application of the “secondary effects” test when evaluating like laws.
Some states have have left it to local agencies to implement the program. The most common argument at all levels of government is the impediment of the 4th amendment which, among other things, assures citizens protection from unreasonable search and seizures. State and local governments have primarily debated the explanation of what is unreasonable and constitutes probable cause. In 2011 a Florida appellate court ruled, officials cannot forcibly draw blood from a driver in a misdemeanor DUI case, still the State Attorney continues to push for the policy to be accepted for felony DUI. Many lawyers and other citizens argue this subjects them to unreasonable searches and it over steps the United States Governments limited powers (Limhardt, A., 2011, para.
The law is a good start to making our roads safer, but has some flaws, “That is, if law enforcement officers catch people texting while driving, they can't pull them over. The law defines texting as a secondary offense, which means that to be stopped, the offender first must be caught committing another type of driving infraction” (Sun Sentinel). Having a law in place pushes most people to stop texting and driving, but does not incriminate enough of a consequence for more people to follow it. Florida should revise their law to be able to be pulled over if seen texting and driving even if there was not another violation. Texting and driving is enough of a violation in itself.
It is obvious that the law has not succeeded in preventing the underage group from drinking. Violating the law will make the students to likely act unlawful manners, so why not make it legal? Once this law is approved, it will benefit the students from inhibiting them to make irresponsible behaviors. Since it is considered as an illegal activity for underage drinkers, teenagers have not been educated on how to drink in moderation beforehand. This is a great opportunity to teach those who are underage so they will have an idea of knowing their limits earlier.
It is goes a step further to make those type of magazines illegal to own, and does not allow them to be grandfathered as with weapons allowed. Many gun owners will be required by law to register their weapons with the federal government under the National Firearms Act. Opposite of the 1994 AWB, the new will dictates that upon death of the registered owners of the weapon(s), the weapon(s) must be forfeited to the government, and can not be passed on. This has brought up more debate about weapons considered to be of value to the families for reason of sentiment, or