Typically you plead not guilty and ask for a court date, when you get one, you request disclosure to see if the evidence against you can support a conviction. From there you can decide if you want to seek out a plea deal or fight it. Possibly, you could potentially beat the charges in other ways su...

Your officer friend is wrong. You can't use a cell phone at a light, or a stop sign, if you are stopped, no matter what you are doing with it. The only option is to pull over, off the live lane of traffic, put it in park and then use it. As well as the fines, there are three points for the cell pho...

I drove to the variety store around the corner from my house today (3 minute drive). On the way back I was stopped at a red light and picked up my phone to check it, then when the light went green I stopped looking at it and drove. As I was turning the corner at the red light I saw some flashing lig...