Duval And Clay County Ticket Defense Attorney Maria Rogers On Fighting Against Points On Your License
If you log enough miles on your car driving around Jacksonville, Duval County, or elsewhere in northeastern Florida, you’ve more than likely had the unpleasant experience of being pulled over and issued a traffic citation at one time or another. And whether you were stopped by Jacksonville PD or Florida Highway Patrol, the options are the same:
- Pay the fine
- Elect to attend driving school
- Fight the charges at the appropriate courthouse (Duval, Clay, Flagler, et cetera)
Paying the Fine on your Florida Uniform Traffic Citation
If you pay the fine, points will be assessed to your Florida driver’s license and your automobile insurance premiums can increase. If you receive enough citations and elect to just pay the tickets, your license will be suspended. In addition, your insurance company may choose to drop you as a client if they notice that you’ve accumulated too many points.
Attending Driving School to Avoid Points
If you choose to go to driving school, points are usually not assessed. However, not everyone can go to driving school on their moving violations. If you’ve already been to driving school a few times, you may no longer be eligible. Additionally, driving school can be time consuming and is often as costly as just paying the fine. Plus, there’s no guarantee that your insurance company won’t raise your premium when they discover that you received a ticket.
Taking Your Traffic Ticket to Court
The state of Florida doesn’t make it easy to fight a traffic citation in court. Even a simple speeding ticket can require up to three appearances in traffic court—depending on the nature of the charges and the county in which the violation occurred. Furthermore, there are no guarantees that you won’t be found guilty of the charge and assessed the fines and points that you would have had to pay in the first place. That’s why so many drivers who are cited in Duval, Flagler, Clay, and Baker counties are using attorneys to represent them in court.
Advantages to Hiring an Attorney to Fight Your Ticket
When you hire a skilled criminal defense attorney to represent you in court, you usually don’t have to appear in person. That means that you don’t have to take days off from work. In addition, an experienced ticket lawyer will know how to negotiate to get your charges dropped or reduced. He or she can review your driving record and the charges you are facing and tell you what you can reasonably expect in a Duval or Clay County courtroom. In many cases, an attorney can get your charges dropped or negotiate a negligible fine with no points.
At the Jacksonville law offices of FLA Legal Professionals, LLC, we fight traffic tickets in Duval, Flagler, Clay, and Baker Counties. Our compensation structure makes us not only a smart choice, but also a cost effective one. If you’ve received a ticket in Jacksonville or any of the surrounding communities, contact FLA Legal Professionals, LLC immediately.