Quick and Easy

Here are several quick and easy ways to eliminate some very common, and annoying, traffic violations. While based on the California Vehicle Code, these tips are valid for most states, and are all good driving practices. In other words, they couldn't hurt.

STOP IT!
When coming up to an intersection, understand what it means to stop. The literal translation of the law simply says to "cease all movement" of your vehicle. This could mean that if you are on a hill, even rolling backwards could be a violatioin of the literal meaning of the law. What a police officer is looking for is two-fold, so keep these in mind:
1. The motion and movement of your vehicle has completely stopped. This is mainly done by the officer watching the tread of your tire. Not your rims or hubcaps. Not your brake lights. Not the whiplash motion of your neck and head. Your tires. Think about it: if your tire has stopped, then the whole car has stopped.
2. Position of your tires upon the pavement. At most intersections, there is either a limit line or a crosswalk. The limit line is a thicker, white line extending from the right curbface to the middle of the street. Here, your tires may rest upon or before the limit line, but may not extend past the limit line towards the actual intersection. With a crosswalk, your tires must be before the line, not on it or into the actual crosswalk. That's an extra ticket for "blocking or crossing a sidewalk or crosswalk being used by foot traffic."

I hope those save you some hassle and some cash. To learn more, subscribe to my website, OfficialScottSaidSo.com, and get my book, "How to Avoid Traffic Tickets Forever!" Thanks!