by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement, traffic ticket
September 6, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver If there is one thing that can turn a pleasant drive sour in an instant it is being pulled over by a traffic officer and receiving a ticket. Even if deep down, we know the cop was right, still, no one is going to think, “This was...
by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement, traffic ticket
November 9, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver In a few weeks, “Jay” will retire from the California Highway Patrol, where he has worked “from California’s incredibly beautiful forested north, driving past thousand-year-old redwoods to the most barren, dry and desolate...
by Dennis Beaver | traffic ticket
August 17, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Our recent column on red light and speed camera tickets opened the flood gates to dozens of emails and phone calls from across the country — frustrated, angry drivers who received these tickets in the mail, wanting to know what to...
by Dennis Beaver | traffic ticket
July 22, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver I just received a notice from a city in Southern California that my car went through a red light. There is a clear photo of the license number, and it is obviously my car. The only problem is that I was not...
by Dennis Beaver | traffic ticket
May 4, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver “On our way to San Diego, we stopped for lunch upon reaching Long Beach,” began an email from Alex, who reads this column in his hometown newspaper, the Selma Enterprise, owned by The Sentinel. It would prove to be a very long,...
by Dennis Beaver | traffic ticket
October 3, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver If you received a traffic ticket in California and wanted to challenge it in court, having lots of money helps. That’s because many counties have required that the “bail” is posted before a court date would be set up. But it isn’t...
