Our Traffic Court website continues rapid growth. The image below shows we had nearly 300,000 visits in January, compared to 170,000 the year before. That is 74% growth. Going back to January of 2007, we had 19,000 visits.Other milestones in January include 70,000 visits in a week. That happened twice. We had only done 60,000 once before. We also had our first day with over 14,000 visits and that

I'm not sure I've ever written up a summary of what we do in our firm. We cover a few areas of law.Personal Injury LawyerWe handle a small number of personal injury cases, usually from car accidents and motorcycle accidents along with a few other areas.Most of these cases are in or near the Albany area, but we do take some further away. We keep the number small by only accepting cases where the

Most of our speeding ticket clients are concerned about insurance rates. But we also get calls from people who don't own cars. They rarely drive and when they do it's a rental.So a common question is: Can my driving record affect my ability to rent a car?The answer is yes, it can. As an example, see this FAQ answer from Thrifty.Certain things they look for:1. Suspended or revoked license2. Eight

If you have a ticket in New York, please check out our New York Traffic Lawyer page.This is one of the most common questions we get: Do points transfer? Or: "Will the points transfer to my home state?"The short and misleading answer is No. The points themselves do not transfer to other states.So what does happen? In most situations, the state where you got the ticket will report any conviction to

Note: For help, please check out our New York Traffic Lawyer page.Change is brewing in the surcharges for various offenses in the NY traffic courts and criminal courts. I've posted a portion of the schedule below that's most relevant to what we do, in the usual traffic ticket and DWI cases, will discuss these massive tax increases further below. I should also note that this schedule is for town

If you were ticketed for following too close, please check out our New York Traffic Lawyer page.I've complained off and on about the excessive focus on speeding and the excessive punishments for DWI. Despite what some might think of me, I do think some laws should be enforced, and in some cases more vigorously.The biggest one that stands out in my mind is "Following Too Close," a violation of

Note - If you're thinking about getting help, check out our New York Traffic Lawyer page.Update (4/22/2009): A lot of people come to this post on a search for 1110a or something related to that. Section 1110(a) of the Vehicle and Traffic Law in NY says:Every person shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable to him placed in accordance with the provisions of this