Speeding Tickets

Of all of the legal infractions you could commit, a traffic violation might seem like the least serious. Especially when there is no collision that results but instead only a technical infraction that causes a citation, a traffic violation may barely seem like illegal...

Many people speed each and every day, even though they know that they’re violating the law when they do so. While it’s not good to speed, speeding isn’t always necessarily reckless. Going a few miles per hour over the speed limit is not only common but generally not...

You recently were given a speeding ticket, and you believe that it isn't valid. Perhaps you claim that they pulled over the wrong car or that the officer clocked you at the wrong speed. There are many reasons why you could feel that you weren't actually breaking the...

A traffic citation is essentially an accusation by a police officer that you broke traffic laws. Most drivers don't view a ticket as a criminal allegation but rather just a frustrating, expensive inconvenience. They pay the ticket despite recognizing the secondary...

New York's traffic laws create numerous categories of offenses. Speeding or traveling at speeds faster than the posted limit for an area is one of the most common offenses. In fact, many drivers habitually speed, assuming they won't get a ticket if they don't go too...

We’ve probably all heard the story of a man who is speeding recklessly and gets pulled over by the police. He points to the woman in the passenger seat and explains that she’s his wife and she’s in labor. He’s speeding to the hospital. Often, in the story, the police...

If you were to ask the average person how much a speeding ticket might cost in New York, most of them will probably tell you that a ticket will lead to a couple of hundred dollars worth of fines and possibly higher costs for your car insurance for the next few years....

When you get pulled over for speeding, the first thing the police officer is likely to ask is if you know how fast you were going. Many people choose not to answer this out of fear of admitting they did something wrong or incriminating themselves. They may simply say...

It’s normal to hear people talking about speeding tickets and the fines that go with them, after all, if you violate the speed limit, you could put others at risk of harm. Did you know, though, that driving too slowly is also a hazard to yourself and others? If you...

When you think of speeding and the people who do it, you probably imagine someone who is in a rush to get somewhere going over the speed limit by a few miles per hour. In most cases, that’s what happens. In others, the cause of the speeding behavior is more serious....