Drivers in Pennsylvania are required to carry automobile insurance. Unquestionably, this is important to protect the interests of drivers and passengers on the roads. Insurance coverage ensures that when an individual is responsible for a car accident, those harmed by the accident are not forced to deal with the financial consequences alone. However, a recent…

Summer is almost here, but your home swimming pool has probably been open for a few weeks and life is feeling pretty good. That’s great, but don’t be complacent. There are a myriad of safety and legal issues for you to be thinking about in connection with your pool, and it’s much better to think…

Now here’s a truly bogus traffic law. In a 5-1 ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled last week that police officers can pull you over and legally ticket you if it “appears” to the officer that you are speeding. No radar is needed. No mechanized speed checks required. No VASCAR timing has to be set…

It’s bad enough that many drivers on our roads today are operating vehicles while using cell phones, texting, eating or undergoing other distractions. Now a new annual survey from GMAC Insurance shows that one in five licensed drivers couldn’t pass a written test that covers basic driving laws in the states where they live. That’s…

Police departments across the nation can learn lessons from this tragedy There’s no argument to the idea that police officers obviously have incredibly difficult, complex jobs. They have to deal in the pressure of the moment with unpredictable, dangerous and violent suspects who commit crimes.  Sometimes, they can’t instantly recognize who the bad guys are…

Back in November, we wrote here that sentencing juvenile offenders to life in prison without any chance for parole is cruel and unusual punishment and should be outlawed when their crimes don’t include murder. Across our nation in non-homicide cases, 129 teens are serving life sentences without parole, including 77 in Florida, according to a…