AGGRESSIVELY DEFENDING OUR CLIENTS IN THE AREA OF…

TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS

Traffic violations and traffic tickets may not seem like the most serious offenses. However, being issued a ticket for a traffic infraction is something that should never be taken lightly. Traffic tickets often carry serious penalties – including up to 15 days in jail for some infractions.

And while many people may mistakenly choose to ignore a traffic ticket – or simply pay the fine themselves – both of these options can result in long-term consequences that affect your driving record and auto insurance rates, and possibly the loss of your driving privileges.

When it comes to parking tickets, a speeding ticket or any type of traffic violation charge, therefore, it is important to seek out the legal counsel that can help you avoid serious penalties and keep your driving record clean. By fighting on your behalf, a skilled defense attorney can protect your driving record by presenting the important evidence needed to reduce or eliminate fines, and often clear a traffic charge.

Most importantly, an experienced defense attorney will fight aggressively to ensure the best possible results – helping you to not only avoid serious legal penalties, but to not experience an interruption of your driving privileges that are such an important part of everyday life here on Long Island.

At Collins, McDonald & Gann, our lawyers:

• Have decades of experience successfully defending clients on a full range of traffic violation charges, including:
  
  
  • Reckless driving
  • Speeding
  • Failure to signal
  • Failure to stop
  • Careless driving
  • Cell phone infractions
  • Driving with a suspended license
  • Driving without insurance
  • Mechanical issues (e.g., broken tail light, etc.)
  • Parking tickets
  • All other moving and non-moving traffic violations
    
    
• Have helped clients to successfully negotiate and/or avoid fines and other penalties for all types of traffic violations – helping to reduce thousands of traffic tickets in the courts, as well as allowing clients to avoid points and loss of driving privileges for traffic infractions.
  
  
• Quickly and expertly access and evaluate each individual case – providing valuable legal counsel and an unparalleled knowledge of the intricacies of the traffic court system and current laws surrounding traffic violations

Things You Should Know If You’ve Been Charged with a Traffic Violation or Issued a Traffic Ticket:

• When being issued a violation or ticket, be courteous to the police officer. Be accommodating at all times in providing the officer with your license, insurance papers and all other information needed … but whatever you do, don’t try to talk your way out of a ticket.
  
  
• Keep in mind that a traffic stop is considered the most dangerous stop for an officer. An officer will appreciate your cooperation at all times.
  
  
• Some traffic tickets can carry a penalty of up to 15 days of jail time. In addition, lesser penalties can include high fines and the suspension of your drivers license.
  
  
• Speeding violations are among the most severe – and harshly punished – traffic infractions. The highest threat of jail time is from speeding violations – when charged with traveling at very high speeds, you run a serious risk of incurring jail time, as well as losing your license.
  
  
• Being convicted of driving without insurance carries more egregious consequences than some misdemeanors. If convicted, you can lose your license for a year, are subject to fines in traffic court, and a civil penalty of up to $1,000.

If you’ve been charged with any type of traffic offense, trust the experience – and results – of Collins, McDonald & Gann. Call us 24/7 at 516-294-0300 for immediate, confidential legal counsel from our New York offices.

We will provide you with the defense you need in order to defend your rights, protect your driving privileges … and not let a traffic violation permanently affect your driving record, subject you to unnecessary monetary fines and/or raise your insurance premiums.