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- A suspension at 11 points is not always mandatory. Some judges have discretion to waive a points-based suspension.
- If you have been charged with a traffic violation in NY, you very rarely need to attend court with your attorney.
- There is no negotiation or plea bargaining at the Traffic Violations Bureau.
- If you accumulate six or more points in NY, you will pay a $300 assessment fee and $75 more for each point beyond six.
- There are NY insurance laws that protect drivers from unwarranted rate increases.
- Sometimes it's more than a moving violation. Driving while suspended and reckless driving are common misdemeanors.
- Parking violations do not show on your driving history and do not affect your insurance. Only moving violations do.
- An attorney fighting a traffic ticket cannot charge a fee that changes based on case outcome. Hourly or flat fees only as per the NYSBA.
- In some situations a court may accept an officer's visual estimation as proof of a motorist's speed even when no radar or laser was used to support it.
- A laser can pinpoint an individual car in traffic. Radar use requires some degree of separation between cars.
- The highest speed limit in all of NYC is 50.
- If there is no posted speed limit on a particular roadway in New York City it is automatically considered a 30mph zone.
- To be charged with speeding in a work zone, there is no requirement that there be actual workers present or work being done at the time of the car stop.