This weekend I was cruising towards Elmira to see my GF on 17 in the S2k and was written a ticket for speeding. If anyone could recommend an excellent traffic court lawyer in the area that'd help me out a million. If more details are necessary shoot me a PM

Joe

 

i appreciate your response but the ticket mentions that i was radared moving at a considerable speed. i don't want to show up without a decent defense

 

I got a ticket a couple years ago 83 in a 65. Being that I'm from NH I didn't want to have to drive 3+ hours down to fight the ticket
so I was able to hire a lawyer over the phone that represented me. Got the ticket down to "illegal parking on pavement" with no points
and it cost me $150 total. Mike is right, NY just wants cash.

 

Considerable speed

God luck, sorry I have no referral for ya.

 

Give us all your cash ya New Englanders

TO the OP: Were you pulled over by a NYS Trooper? If yes, get a lawyer. Talk to someone you know locally and they may be able to either refer you to someone or handle it themselves. NYS Troopers dont negotiate down a ticket. Their policy is to present facts as they stand and it is up to the judge to make a lenient offer. Carry a copy of your driving record (if incident free) and use that to substantiate that you are a safe driver and respect the law. That has helped me the one time I was pulled over by a trooper. Judge will give you the option of pleading guilty to the offense or going to trial.

If it is a local police office or a sheriff's deputy, then you may get a deal by the officer if you show up to court. Again that depends on how your interaction was with the officer in question.

Good luck and I wish you the best in fighting this ticket.

 

If your record is decent, any lawyer should be able to get the charge reduced, albeit with a larger fine. That's how the game works.

I recommend getting a good radar detector man. I run an Escort 8500 X50 and it has saved my neck many times. Figure if it saves you from one ticket and lawyer fees, it pays for itself!

 

It was a trooper


i was just looking at that radar detector. definitely going to have to postpone some mods for the detector and other expenses

I appreciate all the responses gentleman hopefuly i can get someone closer to the court. a downstate layer has quoted me $1500 because of the distance

 

^ perhaps your GF can send you listings of lawyers in the area you can call.

 

She's actually from Elmira which is another 2+ hours away. I can easily source a phone book but I'd rather go with a lawyer someone has had experience with

 

To my understanding 40 over is straight to jail, you got lucky