by Peter J. Louie, Esq. | Jun 5, 2020 | Criminal Law, Traffic Law
On July 1, 2020, Virginia changed some of the laws for reckless driving, DUI, and other traffic law violations. As of July 1, 2020 these Virginia laws changed: Reckless Driving Threshold Increased to Driving Above 85 mph – It will still be reckless driving by...
by Peter J. Louie, Esq. | May 21, 2020 | Traffic Law
Photo by Ludovic Charlet on Unsplash After his fifth year of sponsoring a bill, Sen. David Suetterlein of Roanoke County was successful in increasing Virginia’s reckless driving by speed threshold to driving above 85 mph, instead of above 80 mph. (On a side...
by Peter J. Louie, Esq. | May 12, 2020 | Traffic Law
Photo by Alessio Lin on Unsplash Our traffic defense attorneys regularly defend clients against eluding the police charges. For drivers caught eluding the police in the Hampton Roads area, it is not uncommon that the pursuit ends after a crash. Most judges give...
by Peter J. Louie, Esq. | May 5, 2020 | Traffic Law
Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash In Virginia, courts allow a defendant in a speeding case or reckless driving by speed case to present evidence (known as a speedometer calibration) showing that his speedometer was not working properly. While a speedometer...
by Peter J. Louie, Esq. | Mar 19, 2020 | Case Results, Traffic Law
DISCLAIMER – EACH CASE IS UNIQUE AND CASE RESULTS DEPEND ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATION. CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY THE LAWYER Below we feature a sampling of case results for February and March of 2020. We...