Personal Injury and Criminal Defense Law Blog

In 2017, Colorado passed a state law for cellphone use and driving: In summary, you can and you cannot. If it causes distracted driving, you are out of luck. Texting fines in Colorado spiked up to $300 a pop, quite a stretch from the original penalty of $50. It’s not clearly advertised that texting...

The psychology of speeding is very interesting. People know, technically speaking, that speeding just means going faster than the speed limit. Even one mile an hour over that posted limit is enough to break the law. However, people never expect to get pulled over when going just a few miles per hour faster than...

Colorado Springs is mourning the sixth victim of an auto-pedestrian accident this year. Police are urging both distracted drivers and distracted walkers to pay more attention to their surroundings. The most recent fatality involved a 17-year-old high school student who was walking her dog near the road in the evening. There have been no...

Getting pulled over in Colorado does not have to be as stressful as many think it is. When you are issued a traffic ticket, you need to take it seriously. Do not toss the ticket in the trash, refuse to pay it or even argue with the officer about the suspected violation. Here are...

Advocates for pedestrians and bicyclists are focused on making Denver’s streets more people-friendly through a recent infrastructure proposal. The proposal emphasizes the need for more sidewalks and bike lanes, similar to other cities such as Seattle, Oklahoma City and Cleveland. According to Walkdenver.org, an investment of $40 million per year, over two decades, will...