Here’s a truism that likely seems both fair and logical to most readers of this blog post: If Colorado officials suspend your driving license and precious behind-the-wheel privileges, that deprivation should occur only when it links directly to some driving...
Colorado speeding consequences: Motorists get dinged more than once
State Farm – 15.8%. Geico – 22%. Farmers – 26%. Progressive – 28%. As a Colorado motorist, might you reasonably want to know a bit more about the underlying details linked with those numbers? An initial point to note is that they don’t signify motorist discounts for...
When you need to know the essentials of SR-22 insurance
Colorado drivers often underestimate the downsides linked with receipt of a single traffic ticket. Take a speeding citation, for instance. Many drivers grind their teeth a bit when getting dinged for that offense, but they begrudgingly pay up and largely regard the...
Severity of speeding penalties often surprises Colorado drivers
Virtually any Colorado resident with some behind-the-wheel experience can sit at a table with other drivers and share a tale or two concerning a “close call” motoring episode from the past. Such a recounting might relate to temporary inattentiveness and a suddenly...
Does your cracked windshield signal revenue for the municipality?
Motorists widely appreciate that officials in enclaves ranging from large municipalities down to the smallest towns in Colorado and other states routinely fixate on generating revenue for their communities. They levy taxes. They impose licensing fees. They charge for...
How unpaid tickets can spiral out of control.
Most people have put off paying an expense, bill or parking ticket at some point in their lives. However, when it comes to Colorado traffic violations, an unpaid ticket can quickly turn into a much more serious problem. Sometimes, individuals may shirk a ticket...
A “simple” Colorado traffic stop can be instructive
The quoted word in today’s blog headline posed above might reasonably give Colorado readers of our criminal law posts at Shazam Kianpour & Associates a solid indication of where this post is headed. Which is toward nuance and complexity, because few...
Is that Colorado traffic ticket a minor sting or major ouch?
Many Colorado motorists considering the above blog headline likely align with the former view. They hardly relish a roadside encounter with law enforcement that leaves them holding a citation and demand-to-pay notice, but they regard the matter as a one-off intrusion...
How a Left Lane Law violation can quickly turn into a big deal
You have likely heard about Colorado’s Left Lane Law. Established in 2004, it is one of the strictest rules in the country when it comes to regulating passing and non-passing lanes on highways. Its purpose is to prevent drivers from cruising continuously in the...
Heightened police presence on Colorado roadways
The activities that Coloradans across the state engage in over extended holiday periods are of course many and varied.There is a certain commonality attached to one experience that is similarly shared by many residents, though. And that is this: the receipt of a...
