• Do you want to avoid points? If your concern is the points, you may be better off electing traffic school. However, if you are not eligible for traffic school, it may be worth it to fight the ticket.
• Do you think there is a problem with the ticket? Is your name spelled wrong? Did the officer transpose numbers on your address? Or is there some other type of minor problem with your citation? If that is your reason for wanting to fight the ticket, you are better off paying it. These types of issues are usually never a defense.
• Are you a CDL driver? If so, it may be a good idea for you to fight your ticket since you can’t take traffic school and any offense affects your job.
• Are you facing a point suspension? Then you should probably fight the ticket.
• Concerns about insurance costs? This may also be a good reason to fight your ticket.
• Was the officer a jerk? This is probably not a good reason to fight your ticket. Just because the officer was a jerk, it doesn’t mean the officer is wrong.
• Do you really feel you did nothing wrong? Then you should absolutely fight your ticket!

Just remember, no attorney can ever guarantee an outcome. If you lose you may incur court costs in addition to any fines or attorney fees. But if you win, there are no points and no court fees!! So depending on your circumstance it may be worth it.

When you get a ticket, the following things can help in your defense:

1. 1.      Get to the clerk’s office right away! If you do not tell the clerk that you wish to challenge the ticket they will assume you want to pay it. If you hire an attorney they will take care of this. If not, make sure you go right away so that the clerk can place you on the docket.
2. Do you have witnesses? If so, it will be very important to have their names and addresses so that a subpoena can be issued. If you have an attorney, the attorney will take care of making sure they appear in court. If you represent yourself you will have to speak with the traffic clerk to see if they will issue the subpoena or if you will be responsible for doing so.
3. Do you have pictures off the scene? Sometimes pictures can be helpful. Especially if there is a dispute about what an area looks like or what a sign says.
4. Make sure you are challenging the ticket for the right reason! Is your plan to fight the ticket because your name was spelled wrong or because the cop was a jerk? These are not good reasons and will probably result in your paying court costs in addition to the fine. Small variations in your traffic ticket such as spelling your name wrong, incorrect addresses or placing information on the wrong line will not result in dismissal of your ticket. Conduct of the officer is seldom a reason for dismissal of a ticket.

If the points for the ticket will suspend your license or affect you in a negative way then it is proper to challenge a ticket. If you really feel as though the officer was incorrect it is proper to challenge a ticket. A good attorney can tell you if you have a good case for a challenge or if there is a better way to get the result you are looking for.

The cost of a Florida traffic ticket is higher than ever and that is becoming a problem for Floridians who cannot afford to pay their traffic ticket fines. With the economic trouble if the country striking Florida particularly hard, court officials are receiving more requests to have traffic fines reduced or people notifying them that they are financially unable to pay their traffic tickets.

In Palm Beach County a recent review of 350 traffic citations issued over the course of a week returned surprising results. According to a story in the Palm Beach Post sources say that about half of those 350 traffic tickets had letters returned with the citation asking for a reduction in fees. The reasons included the drivers who were cited were either out of work, low on money or had a home in foreclosure. The administrative traffic hearing officer quoted in the story said that they will take those circumstances into account.

The problems begin in trying to determine who deserves a break on their fines and who doesn

A Melbourne police officer who had been disciplined more than 20 times in his 20-year career was fired after his January arrest of falsifying Florida traffic tickets. Frank Carter has been on unpaid leave since the charges against him surfaced. He was notified in July that the city may make the move to fire him.

Carter has continued to claim his innocence from the charges but a letter signed by the interim chief of police stated that Carter

There is only one type of speeding ticket in Florida that is more severe that a ticket for 30 over the speed limit. While all reports indicate that there has been a statewide decrease in the number of traffic tickets being issued, the amount of calls we have received on speeding tickets for 30 miles over the limit seem to be increasing every day. These tickets are serious matters but luckily we deal with them on a daily basis.

The basic details when it comes to a Florida traffic citation for speeding 30 miles over the posted speed limit are as follows:

• This violation carries a larger fine than a most other speeding tickets. Fines vary by county but in the Orlando area those fines can exceed $300
• There is a possibility of getting 4 points on your license and your insurance rates increasing
• If you are caught driving 30 miles over the posted speed limit there is the possibility of a license suspension
• Lastly, this type of ticket requires a mandatory court date.

The amount of the fine that comes along with this type of ticket will be set by the judge at the hearing. If you have a job that depends on your driving record, this type of ticket can be extremely harmful to your ability to work. The four points would stay on your license for three years and the ticket would be on your record forever. Also, if you get a ticket like this and then put things off too long, you could end up with a D-6 suspension. That would happen if you failed to show up for court on the assigned court date.

Our experienced lawyers and attorneys work on these types of traffic tickets all the time. They also handle these cases in every county in Florida. Call them before your court date so they can give you your options during a free consultation.

A high-speed, two car collision has left a Bradenton eye doctor dead and questions surrounding what police labeled a

The website the Consumerist.com has a story today that seems to throw more fuel on the fire for those who believe the Florida traffic citations issued by those cameras are solely for financial gain. A woman and her husband challenged a ticket for running a red light by timing the interval between the yellow and red lights. They found the interval was almost one second less than county guidelines require. For conspiracy theorists, it may not seem like an oversight as Collier County is claiming.