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Traffic Tips for a Hassle Free July 4th Weekend

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fireworksHeaded out of town for the holiday weekend? Before you pack the cooler and gas up your car, check out these five tips to maximize fun and minimize headaches on the road:

  1. Use a navigation app with traffic reports

Many smartphones come with a navigation app, but make sure yours has traffic reports available. Waze, a popular community-based navigation app, crowd sources the information from drivers on the road. The app can be used to easily report everything from traffic jams to car accidents and alerts users ahead of time so they can avoid the backup. Just be sure to stay off your phone while driving and have a passenger navigate the roads.

  1. Stay safe on the roads

With traffic at its peak, law enforcement will be out in full force patrolling to keep roads safe. We’re all in a hurry to get the weekend started, but avoid speeding and make sure to obey all traffic laws. Be extra cautious when driving in unfamiliar areas and construction zones. In the event that you do receive a ticket, more than a dozen courts across Michigan allow you to have your ticket reviewed for a lesser charge completely online. You can submit your statement just as if you were appearing in court. This is ideal if you’re an out-of-town driver who wants to avoid returning for a court date. Click here to see which courts offer this program.

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Video: ODR Benefits for Law Enforcement

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Hear what courts with traffic ticket resolution and warrant resolution say about Matterhorn.

Featured in this video are Judge Brigette Officer-Hill of the 30th District Court and Bob Ciolek, Court Administrator, and Lisa Fusik, Deputy Court Administrator, from the 14A District Court.


Lisa Fusik, Michigan District Court 14A Deputy Administrator

“With law enforcement, it’s been a nice feature in that they don’t have to come to court at all. So they can have one focus person, their court officer, for instance, interact with the system, so the officers themselves don’t have to come to court. Or take time off the road, or come in on their day off, or maybe on a morning when they have to work midnights the next day.
“So for them it just means less interaction with the court, and less time that could be spent doing what they should be doing.”

Robert Ciolek, Michigan District Court 14A Administrator.

“As we all know, money’s tight, and everybody’s getting cut, including law enforcement. So more bodies that they can have on the road enforcing the laws, the better. So now, using the online mediation system through Matterhorn, they don’t have to send those law enforcement personnel to court to answer the citation.”

Judge Brigette Officer-Hill, Michigan 30th District Court Chief Judge

“The collaboration with law enforcement and the court has been great. I mean, they, obviously, came in before we had Matterhorn to deal with people, the public, to try to resolve their tickets. Now they’re even happier because they have to spend less time.
“So they’re really working in conjunction with the court to make this work. They’re putting the word out just as much as we are putting the word out. So that allows them to do their job, on the streets, without coming into the courtroom.”