Traffic Ticket Lawyer
RACINE DEFENSE: best, local traffic ticket attorneys in Racine!
A recent USA Today article claimed that 1 in 6 Americans receives a speeding ticket each year. That comes out to about 41 million tickets each year! At RACINE DEFENSE, I believe that 6 in 6 of those drivers should be hiring me as their traffic ticket lawyer to help them defend their speeding or traffic ticket. Here's why:
1. Traffic tickets "cost" more than the fine.
As an experienced traffic ticket attorney knows, the fine listed on the top-right corner of the ticket is not the entire "cost" of a speeding ticket. Here is a short list of the additional "costs" of a speeding ticket or traffic ticket:
License suspension: Some speeding tickets and other traffic tickets come with a mandatory license suspension regardless of whether you have any other traffic tickets on your record. If a person has more than one suspension in a 12-month period, then he or she could lose ALL DRIVING PRIVILEGES. As your traffic ticket attorney, I can work to negotiate your ticket to a non-suspension ticket.
Demerit Points: Most traffic tickets have mandatory "demerit points," which can result in a license suspension if you accumulate too many over a 12-month period. As your traffic ticket attorney, I can work to negotiate your ticket to have fewer demerit points. This is especially important where the driver has a probationary license, as the demerit points accumulate faster than a driver with a regular license.
Commercial driver's license: If you hold a commercial driver's license (CDL), then you MUST hire an experienced traffic ticket attorney. Certain traffic tickets can disqualify you from a CDL for a year. Repeated traffic tickets could cause a permanent or lifetime CDL disqualification. Hiring an experienced traffic ticket attorney like me at RACINE DEFENSE can protect your CDL.
Insurance rate increases: Although each insurance company determines rates and premiums differently, they all agree on one thing: traffic tickets are bad for you. Negotiating tickets, even for an increased fine, still saves you money. If you get a speeding ticket on your record, that will probably negatively impact (increase) your premium for three years! Just think — if your insurance premium goes up $25 a month because of a speeding ticket, over three years, then you just cost yourself almost $1,000 by not fighting your ticket. At RACINE DEFENSE, I can work to negotiate your traffic ticket to a non-moving, non-traffic ordinance that the insurance company will not hold against you.
2. I save you time.
Let me emphasize that I handle it for you. That means that after you hire me, you don’t have to go to court. I go. You don’t. That time and stress savings is usually worth most of my fee right away. I see the lines at the courthouse and the hours that people wait for their names to be called. Traffic court day (or night, for the municipalities) is a nightmare. I can help you escape that.
3. I know better.
Often I get people who ask, "Will I get the same result if I go by myself?" As an experienced traffic ticket attorney, the response is simple: "That depends." Over years and hundreds upon hundreds of traffic tickets resolved, I know the prosecutors and judges well. I know how far they will bend to resolve a ticket, and what things they like to see (or not see). That experience over the years guarantees that I will get the best result for your ticket.
Taken together, you should not simply pay a speeding (or other traffic) ticket. You should rely on the expertise of a traffic defense attorney to save you in both demerit points but more importantly, insurance premium fees. Don’t feel ashamed — 1 of 6 people you know should have called me, too!
For more helpful information, check out this USA Today article: http://classifieds.usatoday.com/blog/automotive/times-you-should-hire-a-traffic-ticket-lawyer/