Below please find links to other pages which I have found useful and hopefully relevant to persons browsing through my website.
I welcome suggestions for additional links.
- American Bar Association
- Adoption.org
- National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
- The Adoption Guide - Advocacy for adopting families
- AdoptionDirectory.com
- Adopt: Assistance, Information, Support for Independent Adoption
- Tennessee Child Protective Services
- When Child Protective Services Calls
- Parents victimized by children's protective services
- The Sexual Assault Crisis Center - Knoxville
- Sexual Abuse and Harassment
- National Center for
Health Statistics - where to write for official records in Tennessee
- Findlaw
- Office of the Governor of Tennessee
- Tennessee Legislature
- Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts - Search Appellate Docket for Cases - Link to Tennessee Code and Court Rules
- Lectric Law Library
- NOLO Press
- Prairie Law (Martindale-Hubbell)
- Law Guru
- Fully Informed Jury Association
- Thomas Legislative Search
- Tennessee Driver License Handbook and Study Guide
- Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit - Tennessee Highway Patrol
- To Serve All People - A Report on the Tennessee Judicial System
- Traffic Stop Bust Card
By American Civil Liberties Union
- Aid and Abet Newsletter - Constitutional Issues for Lawmen
- Police Pursuit in Pursuit of Policy
By Illinois State University, Department of Criminal Justice Sciences for the American Automobile Association
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- The Safety Forum
- Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association - Federal Automobile Scrappage Alert
Proposed bill in US Senate would ban all cars over 15 years old
- 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk-Driving Conviction
A book by attorney William C. Head for both lawyers and the public
- American Autobahn
A book by Mark Rask, with Driver's Portal and National Traffic Ticket Clock
- The Perils of Front-Wheel Drive Vehicles
Beware Throttle-Off Understeer - loss of steering while cornering
- Countersteering - The Censored Secret to Safe Riding
All two-wheeled vehicles are initially steered in the opposite direction, as taught by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation classes operated by the Tennessee Department of Safety at Pellissippi State Technical Community College
- Honda Hoot - Knoxville, Tennessee
- The Dragon at Deals Gap - US129 & Great Smokey Mountains
- WBCR Truth Radio, 1470AM and streaming Internet radio, Alcoa, Tennessee
- The Daily Times, Maryville, Tennessee
- The Knoxville News Sentinel
Lawful Quotes
"Woe to those who decree unjust statutes and those who continually record unjust
decisions, to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor of My people of their rights."
–Isaiah 1:1,2 (Holy Bible)
"If we gave up our freedom as the price of security, we would no longer be the great
nation that we are."
–US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, former director of ACLU, C-SPAN,
"Justice Ginsburg: Freedom more important than security", Gannett News Service, Tuscon
Citizen, Jan. 31, 2002
"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own
choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that
they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are
promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the
law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow."
—President Thomas Jefferson
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.... The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
—Edmund Burke
"As a judge, and as an American, I have a virtual obsession with law and order. This
country is great in large part because it follows law instead of following the vagaries
of human nature, and because it provides an orderly arena for men and women to
work, play, take care of their families and themselves, and make progress. But for
me, as for anyone who knows the history of this country, 'law and order' begins with
everyone following the Constitution—and I mean everyone, from policemen to
presidents. Under the Constitution, the citizens of America are guaranteed certain
vital rights as free people. These are not empty words. They tell America that no
one, not police or FBI or anyone, can lawfully disturb their peace or security except
when there is probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed."
—Judge Joseph Wapner, from his book, The People's Court - A View from the Bench (1987). Judge Wapner, of the TV show "The People's Court", is twice married to Judge Judy Sheindlin, of the TV show "Judge Judy" (who is the author of the book Don't Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining).
"Let it be understood once and for all, that the function of the traffic court is to
convict the guilty, acquit the innocent, and improve traffic safety, not to be merely
an arm of any revenue-collecting office."
–Judge Alfred Nesbitt, Florida v. Aquilera, et. al., State v. 711-101S Dade Co. (1979
FL--the RADAR case of the 86 MPH tree and the 28 MPH house)
"With 1000's of pages of traffic laws it's inevitable that even safe drivers will
eventually get stopped. In fact every time you or I drive we will technically break at
least one traffic law."
–Attorney Mel Leiding, author of How to Fight Your Traffic Ticket and Win!
"Modern traffic radar no longer relies on direct measurement of frequency
changes to determine target speed. Speed traps are twentieth-century's version of
highway robbery."
–Dale Smith, a Harvard-educated electrical engineer, and John Tomerlin, and editor of Road & Track magazine, authors of Beating the Radar Rap
"For decades, speed
was the subject of the most widespread slogans drummed into the public. 'Speed
kills' and 'slow down and live' are familiar ones peddled by the National Safety
Council.... The findings showed a more complex picture of the role of speed than
had ever been assumed before. Accident involvement rates are at a minimum at
speeds between fifty and seventy five miles per hour.... Although obviously the
severity of accidents is greater at higher speeds, the study revealed that
considering accident frequency rates and severity, the number of injuries per
vehicle miles traveled is at its minimum. Enforcement of the law brings no pressure on the car makers to increase the
safety of their vehicles."
–Ralph Nader, from his book, Unsafe at any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the
American Automobile (2nd Ed), quoting David Soloman's report for the Federal
Highway Administration (FHwA), "Accidents on Main Rural Highways Related to Speed,
Driver and Vehicle"
"Strictly speaking, a driver can register a BAC of .00% and still be convicted of a
DUI. The level of BAC does not clear a driver when it is below the 'presumed level
of intoxication.'"
—Tennessee Driver License Handbook and Study Guide, 2001
"That's not an impairment level, it's an arbitrary arrest level. We're going to have
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of innocent people going to jail with no improvement
in highway safety. What's even more amazing is the deafening silence that followed
these anti-alcohol efforts. Each easy incremental victory – no matter how modest –
emboldens these modern-day Prohibitionists to adopt new restrictions on
consumption."
—American Beverage Institute, 1999
"Most studies of nerve conduction and transmission, EEG records, and behavioral
performance indicate stimulant actions of low doses and depressant actions at high
doses."
–Dr. H. Wallgren and Dr. H. Barry, from their report "Actions of Alcohol"
"The Smith and Wesson Breathalizer® 1000 machine was found to be inaccurate in
69% of the NHTSA tests.... No state totally prohibits driving a motor vehicle after
consuming some alcohol (limited exception: states that have a zero tolerance for
underage drivers). Don't plead guilty until you know your rights. Many people would never be stopped on the highway by the police except that a vehicle defect exists such
that the officer would have 'reasonable cause' to pull them over to 'advise' them of
the problem. The 'reasonable cause' to stop you can quickly become 'probable
cause' to detain you. If you are stopped for a traffic violation, don't argue with the
police officer. Simply give the officer your documents, and don't talk except to
respond in the most basic fashion. Your pocket recorder will audiotape the
transaction for your use. Regardless of the cause for the stop, NEVER admit to
alcohol consumption. Don't blurt out anything to the officer in an attempt to explain
the circumstances., or it will be used against you later in court."
–Attorneys William Head and Reese Joye, authors of 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving
Conviction
"When the state seeks to prove one is driving under the influence of a drug, rather
than an alcoholic intoxicant, it is not necessary to specifically prove which drug has
been ingested in order to qualify it as either a "narcotic drug" or one "producing
stimulating effects on the central nervous system." Such a burden would be
impossible to overcome by the state, especially if the suspect refused to take a
blood test. Obviously, any combination of intoxicants can be sufficient to render a
person under the influence."
–Steven Oberman, criminal defense lawyer in Knoxville, general sessions judge and University of Tennessee law school professor,
in his book, DUI: The Crime and Its Consequences in Tennessee
"You can be arrested for driving under the influence of LEGAL prescription or
nonprescription drugs."
–David W. Kelley, California Highway Patrol, in his book, How to Talk Your Way Out of a
Traffic Ticket - Plus, How to Win in Court
"Where rights secured by the Constitution are concerned, there can be no
rule-making or legislation that would abrogate them."
–US Supreme Court, Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436
"The use of courts as local revenue-producing agencies is an abuse
of the judicial process. It has long been recognized as unconstitutional for a judge's income to be dependent on the outcome of cases. But a similar result often occurs when the budget of a court is set in relation to the fines the court imposes or when a county or city comes to rely on whatever surplus is produced. Strictly local municipal courts offer a separate, substandard justice and warrant a
thorough review on their own. At their worst, they are merely revenue-gathering agencies masquerading as courts. Their sole reason for being is the funds that their municipality draws from them. If the funds disappeared, few of the cities would consider the court an important civic service. Their limits and oversight are ill-defined, and their flexibility can sometimes disguise mere arbitrariness. We believe they fall much closer to the worst model than to the best one. A majority of complaints about judges that come to the Administrative Office of the Courts originate with municipal courts. [T]he financial interest of local government clearly rests with the present system."
