Tickets and reckless driving
The fine is the small part of a ticket
Paying a ticket is pleading guilty to it. Before you do, find out what the points will do to your record and your insurance.
Most tickets we see are ordinary: a speeding stop on a county highway, a lane change on a wet road, a missed stop sign in town. Some are more serious, like reckless driving or driving after a suspension, and carry a possible jail sentence.
We look at the ticket, your record and what a conviction would cost you, and tell you plainly whether it's worth contesting. If it is, we go to court so that you often don't have to.
What we handle
Speeding, including in work zones
Reckless driving
Driving after suspension or revocation
Accidents with a citation
Points and habitual-driver status
Tickets for teenage drivers
Before you pay
What to check before you pay a ticket
The points
How many it carries, and how close it puts you to a suspension.
Your insurance
What the conviction may add to your premium over the next few years.
The court date
Whether you have to appear, or a lawyer can go for you.
The details
The location, the speed and how it was measured, as written on the ticket.
Your job
Whether you drive for work, or need a clean record to keep a job.
The other options
A driving course or an amended charge, where the court allows one.
Ticket questions
What drivers ask about a ticket
Is a lawyer worth it for a speeding ticket?
Sometimes not, and we'll say so. It usually is when the ticket would push you toward a suspension, raise your insurance a lot, or affect a job that needs a clean record.
Do I have to go to court?
For many tickets we can appear for you. Reckless driving and driving after suspension usually need you there at least once.
My teenager got a ticket. Can you help?
Yes. New drivers often face tighter rules, and one ticket can delay the next step of their license. A parent can come along to the consult.
Got a ticket? Read it to us before you pay it
A free call, and a plain answer about whether to fight it.