Traffic cases include, but are not limited to, speeding, careless driving, stop sign violations, improper lane change, red-light violations, not wearing a seatbelt, failure to use headlights, and driving while license suspended tickets, among many others. Contact us today for a free consultation.

Have you been cited for speeding? Speeding tickets can have many different consequences for your driver’s license and insurance rates. Speeding tickets, particularly those that are classified as “excessive” may also lead to charges of reckless driving, which is a serious event which can have a lasting impact on your driving record and can cause you to lose your license at some point in the future. 

Points against your driver’s license will most likely cause your insurance rates to increase and the Department of Motor Vehicles can use these points against you for a potential suspension of your driver license. Attending traffic school may not be your best alternative to handling your ticket. Traffic school takes up your valuable time and you will be forced to “use up” one of your lifetime elections. You may have a much better alternative.

Most speeding tickets are civil violations, not criminal. Although speeding tickets are very common, they can cause serious and unanticipated consequences. Unfortunately, speeding tickets are used to generate revenue for cities and states. Most drivers know that having speeding tickets on their record will raise their auto insurance rates, but few are aware that, depending on where they live, it can affect them in a myriad of other ways, seemingly unrelated to driving.

Speeding tickets usually carry the largest fines of all tickets, they also tend to be the most likely ticket to get dismissed when you have an experienced traffic attorney handling your case. The reason for this is that the police officer must use some sort of speed measuring device to monitor your speed. It can be a pace clock, radar gun or laser gun. The law requires that all of these speed measuring devices be accurately calibrated before they can be used. If the device is not calibrated and maintained properly its use may be disallowed by the judge hearing your case.

Besides these speed measuring devices, the officer must select the correct Florida statute section number for your specific situation. Mistakes of this nature may also result in your ticket being dismissed.

The reasons for a ticket’s dismissal are even more numerous than we have discussed. There are many more things to look for and that makes it even more sensible to hire a traffic attorney to represent you. Use the contact form to have an attorney give you a free case evaluation.