As we mentioned a while back, it’s relatively easy to get pulled over for a traffic-related offense here in New Jersey. In fact, something as minor as not making a complete stop at a controlled intersection, or not signaling a turn properly can result in a traffic stop. But it’s…
Unless one saw it in the paper or caught it online, we now know the top four places in the state that get the most funding for anti-drunken driving enforcement here in the Garden State. As New Jersey DWI defense attorneys, my firm is well aware of the lengths that…
As a former municipal prosecutor, I know that it is sometimes difficult for the prosecution to prove that a motorist was legally drunk at the time of a DWI, drug DWI or DUI arrest. Much of the state’s case against a driver accused of driving under the influence relies on…
With so much emphasis on curbing drinking and driving here in the Garden State it’s no surprise that a great deal of money is funneled to state and municipal law enforcement agencies for enhanced drunken driving saturation patrols and additional DWI roadblocks and sobriety checkpoints. While police agencies, government entities…
Whether you live or work here in Monmouth, NJ, or in Hudson, Bergen or Atlantic County, as a New Jersey motorist you have no doubt seen or been directed into one of the frequent police checkpoints used to catch drivers who may be operating their car or truck under the…
As a practicing New Jersey drunk driving defense attorney and former municipal prosecutor, I understand the importance of individual rights and how those rights and personal freedoms are protected by the Constitution of the United States. I also know that technology continues to push the envelope of what is considered…
For many New Jersey residents, rather than enjoy this past Labor Day weekend they likely spent most of their time cleaning up from the effects of tropical storm Irene. Still, in areas less affected, surely some Garden State drivers saw some increased drunken driving enforcement activities by state and local…
It goes without saying that the annual anti-drunk driving campaigns, here in the Garden State as well as nationwide, are funded in part by the government in hopes that some alcohol-related traffic deaths and injuries might be avoided. Of course, there is always a question of how effective these efforts…
It would appear that Belleville Twp. has one of the lowest instances of drunk driving in all of the Garden State, at least during a recent traffic enforcement effort designed, among other things, to catch impaired drivers and have them arrested for and charged with DWI. Police officers from the…
Drivers traveling in the Rockaway Township area, and other municipalities around the Garden State, will likely be seeing more and more drunken driving patrols on New Jersey roadways in the coming weeks as the Labor Day holiday approaches. During times such as this, law enforcement agencies in Morris, Bergen, Monmouth…