Fight
Your I-90 Ticket And Save Money
Being
stopped on I-90 and being issued a speeding ticket is terrible. Pleading guilty and paying exorbitant
fines, penalties, and insurance increases is not advisable. Pleading guilty to a traffic ticket can
have long-term negative affects that can last for years.
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For
instance, a guilty plea can result in a 3-year fine payable to the Department
of Motor Vehicles as well as insurance increases for more than 3 years. What a nightmare.
We Can Help
If
you were given a speeding ticket, cell phone violation, or other moving
violation and you are scheduled to appear in the West Seneca Traffic Court, we
can help you fight your ticket.
Our ticket lawyers have excelled at getting tickets either dismissed or
reduced and we have helped thousands of drivers save money, time, and points on
their license.
How are points assessed against
a license?
A
conviction to a moving violation will result in points being assessed against a
driver’s privilege to drive. Once
a driver exceeds 10 points, their license will be suspended by the Department
of Motor Vehicles. There are many
other situations that can triggers a license suspension but they will not be
discussed in this blog post.
A
speeding conviction can result in as few as 3 points and as many at 11
points. The number of points will
depend on the rate of speed for which the driver is convicted.
Here
is a quick glimpse into the speeding tickets and the points assessed.
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Speeding
|
Points
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01 to 10 mph over
the limit
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3
|
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11 to 20
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4
|
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21 to 30
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6
|
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31 to 40
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8
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More than 40
|
11
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How much will a first time West
Seneca speeding conviction cost?
Every
driver convicted of a moving violation will be subject to pay a fine and
surcharge. The amount of the fine
will vary depending on the nature of the conviction and the facts surrounding
the ticket.
While
the New York Legislature has set the range of fines allowable in a ticket case,
the judge is in charge of imposing the fine.
This
chart will give you a quick glimpse into the possible combinations of fines
allowed on a first time speeding conviction.
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1st time Conviction Within Eighteen
(18) Months
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Minimum Fine
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Maximum Fine
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Maximum Imprisonment
|
Points on Driving Record
|
Surcharge
|
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10 mph or less
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$45.00
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$150.00
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n/a
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3
|
$88.00 or $93.00
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11-30 mph
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$90.00
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$300.00
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30 Days
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4-6
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$88.00 or $93.00
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31 mph or over
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$180.00
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$600.00
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30 Days
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8-11
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$88.00 or $93.00
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What is a “surcharge?”
Several
years ago, the New York Legislature imposed a mandatory surchage on every
speeding ticket conviction. The
surcharge is a fee that the driver is required to pay on top of the fine
imposed by the judge. The
surcharge may vary depending on the court which adjudicates the ticket.
Recently,
the Legislature amended the law and have added a surcharge to parking
violations under VTL 1201 and its related subsections.
What is the Driver’s Responsibility
Assessment?
This
is also known as the “DRA.” The
DRA is a penalty fee given to any driver for accumulating 6 points on their
license. They will receive an
additional $75.00 fee for every point they accumulate above 6. The DRA can be
paid over a 3 year period.
The failure to pay the DRA will result in the driver’s privilege to drive to be suspended.
About The Court
West
Seneca Town Court is located at 1250 Union Road in West Seneca, New York. The postal zip code is 14224. It is in Erie County.
The
court is a court of limited jurisdiction.
I can preside over a limit amount of cases depending on the case in
controversy. In other words, civil
cases heard in this court are usually referred to as small claims cases. Criminal cases heard in this court are
usually misdemeanor cases. The
majority of cases heard in this court are traffic tickets.
We Can Help
Join
the thousands of drivers that have saved money, time, and points on their
license by hiring our law firm. A
former New York City prosecutor leads our Ashford Town Court traffic ticket
defense practice. We have the
unique ability to quickly analyze traffic cases from both the defense
perspective and prosecutorial perspective thereby giving you the effective and
efficient legal representation. We
can be reached at 800-893-9645.
Charges We Fight: Here is a list of some common charges were have helped our
client’s fight.
· Speeding
under VTL § 1180 (b)
· Speeding
under VTL § 1180 (d)
· Cell
Phone under VTL § 1225
· Child
Seatbelt under VTL § 1229
· Failure
to Move Over under VTL § 1144-A
· Failure
to Signal under VTL § 1163
· Following
Too Closely under VTL § 1129
· Operating
Without Insurance under VTL § 319
· Red
Light under VTL § 1111
· Stop
Sign Violation under VTL § 1172
· Suspended
License Operation under VTL § 511.1 (Misdemeanor)
· Unsafe
Lane Change under VTL § 1128
