Fighting the Speeding Ticket If you receive a speeding ticket, you should plead not guilty and ask for a trial. In some situations the prosecutors will plea bargain the matter and agree to give you a lesser ticket that involves less points on your license and a smaller fine. This is usually a good approach. Insurance companies often raise the … [Read more...]
Avoiding Speeding Tickets – Part I
Police officers have a job. Part of that job is to enforce traffic regulations. However, there is a financial incentive for municipalities to enforce traffic regulations. People who receive traffic tickets must pay fines. The fines create income for the municipalities. Speeding Tickets More than half of all of the traffic tickets given by police … [Read more...]
Loss of License for Talking on a Cell Phone
It is against the law to speak on a cell phone while driving a motor vehicle in the state of New York. This past summer, Justice Edmead, sitting in the Supreme Court located in New York County, suspended a driver's license for thirty-one days when she was found guilty of talking on her cell phone. The defendant argued that the courts … [Read more...]
