Category: Automotive Accidents Blog | Taracks & Associates

Florida drivers need to pay close attention to a major change in state traffic law. In July 2025, Florida enacted a new criminal statute targeting extreme speeding behavior, commonly referred to as Florida’s Super Speeder Law. Officially codified as Florida Statute § 316.1922, this law creates a new offense known as dangerous excessive speeding. A […]

If you hold a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), you already know that you are not only subject to the State of Florida traffic laws, but also subject to Federal Code and Regulations. Because of this double set of statutes and regulations, if you receive a “minor” moving violation, certain dispositions that would have no […]

When a person leaves the scene of an accident in which someone dies without providing their name, address, vehicle registration, and provide reasonable assistance for necessary medical treatment (Fla. Stat. § 316.062), that person is in danger of being convicted of a 1° Felony that is punishable by a prison sentence of up to […]

Leaving the Scene of an Accident, commonly referred to as a “Hit & Run,” can range in severity from a minor civil citation to a first-degree felony punishable by up to 30 years in Florida State Prison (Fla. Stat. §316.027(2)(c)). Whether you’re accused of failing to leave a note after scratching a parked car, or […]

Earlier this month of May, 2015, Governor Rick Scott signed a recent Senate bill into law. What is being called the “Waldo” bill regards the reasons under which agencies around the state, from Florida Highway Patrol to various Police and Sherriff agencies, can issue traffic citations. Specifically, this new law, effective July 1 st […]