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Legal Blog Watch Undercover: Texas Traffic School, Part 1

By Eric Lipman

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Good morning, LBW readers. Hope you all enjoyed your long Memorial Day weekend. While you were having your barbecues and relaxing at the beach, I ventured into the belly of the beast to bring you a report from the legal front lines. Texas law allows drivers charged with certain moving violations to have their records wiped clean of such charges upon completion of a state-approved six-hour driving safety course. I decided to go deep undercover to investigate just what these courses were all about, what could possibly take place during these six hours that the state believes could justify giving attendees a pass on a violation of the law. I chose to investigate a class that purported to be funny. I signed up through Austin Comedy Defensive Driving for a Saturday class, scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. That's right: I committed to be somewhere at 9 on a Saturday morning to bring you this exclusive. You're welcome. In order to effectively report this story, it was crucial that I not blow my cover. Exposing myself as a "journalist" would certainly change the dynamics of the whole experience. I needed everyone in that room, including the instructor,...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).