For those who have been pushing to have mandatory dashboard cameras installed on all New Jersey police vehicles, this past Wednesday is a red letter day. The new legislation, signed into law by Governor Christy, now requires every municipal police car used for DWI duty in the Garden State to…
As New Jersey criminal and civil defense attorneys, my law firm understands how quickly a motorist can be put on the spot by a state trooper or municipal patrolman. The range of traffic violations is relatively extensive, but some of the more serious offenses have to do with impaired driving.…
Now that summer is officially over, there are still many Garden State motorists awaiting their day in court to answer to charges of impaired driving lodged against them by local and state police during the long Labor Day holiday. Whether arrested for intoxication by alcohol or impairment via some kind…
DWI and DUI arrests are certainly a common occurrence in the Garden State, what with one of the largest concentrations of people in the nation and a large amount of vehicles on the road. But although DWI-DUI is admittedly a year-round occurrence, the incidence of impaired vehicle operation is especially…
If it’s been stated once, it’s been stated a thousand times: a New Jersey drunk driving defense can only be complicated by a traffic accident. As Garden State DWI and drug DUI defense attorneys, I and my colleagues are serious when we say that causing an accident while possibly intoxicated…
As drunk driving defense lawyers, my colleagues and I have decades of experience in providing legal assistance to motorists who have been arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated by alcohol, impaired by doctor-prescribed meds, or under the influence of some illegal drug or controlled substance. Depending on the circumstances,…
In deference to the children who may be crying salty tears at the prospect of the start of yet another school year, summer is officially drawing to a close and classes are beginning very soon all over the Garden State. But the end of summer, for children at least, is…
From Patterson to Edison, and Trenton on down the Jersey Shore, police all across the Garden State will be working overtime looking for drunk drivers this coming Labor Day holiday. As part of this annual effort to rein in any number of intoxicated celebrants and other drivers operating their vehicles…
Travel through any county in the Garden State and you will likely find that the police in local communities far and wide make a fair number of DWI and DUI arrests every month. Whether you live in Passaic, Essex, Somerset or Mercer County, the stories about drunken and impaired drivers…
Life in the Garden State can be enjoyable and fulfilling, so long as everything is going well. For thousands of drivers every year, however, a run-in with a traffic enforcement officer can certainly be one of the reasons that makes daily life a bit less pleasurable. While most traffic stops…