Over 3 Million Tickets Dismissed
What great state offers up to $600 in emissions repairs and up to $3,500 in vehicle replacement? Nowhere but Texas! There is financial assistance for replacing your higher emissions emitting car or truck. If your vehicle fails the emissions portion of the state inspection or if your vehicle is at least 10 years old, you…
DetailsGetting the permit or the license for driving only takes a couple of minutes, given that all the requirements have been presented and all of the tests have a passing mark. This applies to those who are 18 years old and above, which is the norm for all the states. If an individual is at…
DetailsIf you’ve received a traffic citation lately, they look like a Wal-Mart receipt. When I was a new driver, a traffic ticket was a small carbon copy and the price of the ticket was posted on the back side of the ticket. Assuming you were speeding, it would indicate what the cost was by how…
DetailsAlthough I haven’t seen a “Minimum Speed Limit” sign in my neck of the woods in quite some time, driving under the speed limit or not with the flow of traffic is currently the leading cause for motor vehicle collisions. As we all know, it is also a trigger for road rage. The general rule…
DetailsDo you know your bicycle helmet and motorcycle helmet laws in your state? There is no state law, nor a federal law in the U.S. regarding bicycle helmets and no federal law regarding motorcycle helmets. I was still under the assumption that the city ordinance in Dallas, Texas mandates that everyone has to wear a…
DetailsWhen Hurricane Harvey was about to hit (and boy did it hit like a prize-fighter), newscasters were warning folks to get fuel now because there will be a fuel shortage due to Texas refineries shutting down. Of course, Texas is the energy capital of the country. They shut down as a precaution before the hurricane…
DetailsIf Shakespeare were alive today, he would probably write a play about a love/hate story where drivers don’t signal before changing lanes or turning. “To Signal or NOT to signal … that is the question.” There are many theories as to why people don’t signal. I have observed that these theories vary from coast to…
Details1. If your brakes have become non-responsive, turn on your emergency flashers immediately. Honk your horn repeatedly to let other drivers know about you. 2. Shift the car into a lower gear if you can. On automatic gearboxes a lower gear is typically labeled L or 2. 3. Once you’ve done this, pump the brakes.…
DetailsI thought the color of your car was not significant when it comes to auto insurance. And I hadn’t really thought about it much until I saw the parking lot where they were holding a fireman’s picnic. I noticed that most of the pickup trucks there were red, just like the fire trucks parked there.…
DetailsSchool is back in session. And, just like past generations, kids were “tricked” into being excited about going back to school by getting new school clothes and supplies. Many kids will be walking to school, while some will be dropped off blocks away from school traffic and others will be let out in the middle…
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