Common New York Traffic Charges Lawyer

NEED A NYC TRAFFIC VIOLATION LAWYER?

A violation is a lower level “criminal” matter that can be handled by a NYC traffic violation lawyer. It’s criminal in the sense that all cases are either criminal or civil. While civil cases are one individual or entity v another individual or entity in some kind of private dispute, criminal cases are those that are brought by the “People” against an individual for some action that is deemed harmful to society in general.

Violations or infractions are the lowest level of these criminal acts. Traffic or moving violations are one particular kind of violation. There are also parking violations, environmental violations such as littering or improper disposal of trash, etc. When someone is discussing having a “criminal record”, this is usually meant to signify a more serious criminal charge (misdemeanor or felony) on the person’s record.

Generally, the more serious criminal charges will of course have the more severe penalties but penalties for violations can also be serious. Just ask anyone who has lost their job or their driving privilege or paid $1000s in fines and surcharges for basic traffic violations. Different types of violations can have different types of penalties. For example moving violations may come with points on one’s license where a parking violation would not. It’s important to have an experienced NYC traffic violation lawyer explain your options to fight or dismiss a violation.

If you are found guilty of a traffic violation, you may be subject to:

Points (up to four) off your driving record if you already have points and protection against any points you may receive from a pending ticket issued before you take the class.
Show the judge/prosecutor your effort to improve prior to an upcoming case.
Minimum 10% reduction in the base rate of your liability and collision insurance premiums each year for three years regardless of your driving record.
Refreshing your driving knowledge and reviewing the driving laws can only help.

In theory, judges will consider imprisonment in extremely dangerous or reckless situations. However, we won’t list that with the others–traffic violations will of course very rarely rise to this level of severe punishment. Our mission at Feifer & Greenberg is always to eliminate or minimize the potential damage caused by traffic violation convictions.

HOW DO WE TRY TO ELIMINATE OR MINIMIZE THE CONSEQUENCES OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS?

The goal when our NYC traffic violation lawyers defend a client against any traffic violation or traffic misdemeanor charge andywhere in New York State would of course be a full dismissal. In some situations, this is exactly what we try to do. In others, a full dismissal might be a long shot and/or costly to pursue and something just short of a dismissal might be the more reasonable and prudent goal.

There are some situations where people may be facing suspensions or loss of a job or even imprisonment–in these cases our most immediate and realistic goal might start with avoiding these particularly harsh penalties. While everyone’s situation may differ depending on what they’ve been charged with, what their existing driving record is like and which court is handling their matter, there really are only three options when it comes to contesting the traffic charge.

All start with an entry of a not guilty plea and then either:

Points (up to four) off your driving record if you already have points and protection against any points you may receive from a pending ticket issued before you take the class.
Show the judge/prosecutor your effort to improve prior to an upcoming case.
Minimum 10% reduction in the base rate of your liability and collision insurance premiums each year for three years regardless of your driving record.
Refreshing your driving knowledge and reviewing the driving laws can only help.

WHICH COURTS HANDLE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS?

Traffic violations in NYC are handled by the NYS DMV Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB). The TVB only handles traffic violations issued in the 5 boroughs of NYC. The most notable feature of the TVB is that there is absolutely no plea bargaining / negotiation allowed. Everything there proceeds to a hearing. And a hearing means a court appearance, a place where having an NYC traffic violations lawyer present will only benefit you. Traffic violations outside NYC are processed in a local village, town, city or county court.

There are hundreds of such local courts throughout New York State and to some extent each court handles matters their own way. We keep a database of thousands of cases in these local courts and rely on these prior results and interactions in offering individuals advice on how to handle their matter and what we may expect as an outcome. Note that your personal appearance on a traffic violation will never be necessary in a typical traffic violation case.

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