Have you received a ticket for failure to yield when turning left? Here is an overlooked defense that the prosecution may not anticipate. Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 4511.42, “[t]he operator of a vehicle … intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into...
Month: September 2019
Drivers beware of Ohio’s law on right of way and turn signals
Have you ever tried to turn from a street controlled by a stop sign onto a busy street that is not controlled by a stop sign or a traffic light? What if this busy street had only two travel lanes with one northbound travel lane and one southbound lane. Ordinarily,...
Defeating police and prosecutorial assumptions involving a ticket for running a red light.
The most important issue in a red-light crash case is whether you were already in the intersection before the traffic light turned red. If you entered an intersection on a green light or a yellow light, and then the light turned red, then you are entitled to clear the...
Lawyer up! When lawyers hire other lawyers in traffic cases, shouldn’t you?
I was talking to a friend of mine who is a prominent attorney in town. He mentioned hiring an attorney to represent him on a traffic ticket for a moving violation that he received in Florida. I am aware of another instance where a judge hired a traffic attorney for a...
