Speeding Tickets

In Southampton, most speeding tickets are sent to the Southampton Town Court located at 32 Jackson Avenue, Hampton Bays. Others will be returnable to the Southampton Village court located at 151 Windmill Lane, Southampton. All speeding tickets carry points. The higher the speed, the higher the points. Some speeding tickets carry automatic license suspensions by the department of motor vehicles. With regard to other speeding tickets, the decision whether to suspend the driver’s license is left to discretion of the court.

If you can avoid a speeding ticket conviction on your driving record, you definitely want to do that. There are courts in Suffolk County and throughout Long Island that will not agree to reduce speeding tickets, so if there is an opportunity to have a speeding ticket reduced, it is something that you should take advantage of. As a Southampton Traffic Lawyer, I have been able to obtain 0 points on 99 percent of the Southampton speeding tickets that I have handled.

Get 0 Points on Your License

There are a number of reasons why you should never just plead guilty to a Southampton speeding ticket. All convictions for speeding carry consequences.   To begin with, they tend to carry a lot of points on your license. For example, a speeding ticket for driving 78 mph in a 55 mph zone carries 6 points. Higher speed categories carry higher points. Drivers who accumulate 11 points with dates of violation within 18 any month period face a license suspension. Drivers convicted of 3 speeding tickets with dates of violation within an 18-month period, you will have their licenses revoked for 6 months.

Also, speeding ticket convictions lead to higher insurance premiums and the imposition of a New York State Driver Assessment fee. At 6 points the driver assessment fee is $300. At 8 points it is $450. The more the points, the higher the driver assessment fee. This is in addition to the fines and surcharges imposed by the Southampton courts.

At the Law Office of Gary S. Miller, our goal is to have your speeding ticket dismissed or reduced to zero points.

Speeding Ticket Categories

  • 3 points —– 1 to 10 mph over limit
  • 4 points —- 11 to 20 mph over limit
  • 6 points —- 21 to 30 mph over limit
  • 8 points —- 31 to 40 mph over limit
  • 11 points —- over 40 mph over limit

 

NO ONE SHOULD EVER PLEAD GUILTY TO A SPEEDING TICKET

WITHOUT FIRST CONSULTING WITH AN ATTORNEY

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