Speeding Tickets

New Jersey speeding ticket defense

A speeding ticket in New Jersey can have repercussions that last for years and that affect many areas of your life.  Receiving just one ticket can significantly increase your insurance premiums for three years.  A New Jersey speeding ticket can result in your license being suspended and you may also have to pay a statutory yearly surcharge if you accumulate too many points on your license.

New Jersey drivers license point system

In addition to fines and penalties imposed by a New Jersey Traffic Court, you can get points on your driving record, as well as a surcharge for those points.  Some examples of penalties you can expect to incur for New Jersey speeding tickets include:

  • For exceeding the speed limit 14 miles over the speed limit—two points
  • For exceeding the speed limit 15 to 29 miles per hour—four points
  • For exceeding the speed limit by 30 or more miles per hour—five points and municipal court judges are likely to suspend your license for a period of time

So what can you do about speeding tickets in New Jersey?

You can fight them.  An experienced New Jersey traffic violation attorney knows how to mount a speeding ticket defense in New Jersey on your behalf.  Alternatively, your lawyer attempt to plea bargain on your New Jersey traffic ticket.

The higher the points, the more you need an attorney to negotiate with a prosecutor on your behalf.  If you are assigned points on your driver license, you have to pay point surcharges, often for many years, in addition to any court-imposed fines and penalties.  

If you have to go to court, you need Carl Herman by your side

Located just off Route 280 in West Orange, the law office of Carl J. Herman, Attorney at Law offers free consultations to all clients.  We regularly assist individuals in the following geographic areas of New Jersey:

  • West Orange
  • East Orange
  • South Orange
  • Orange
  • Livingston
  • Montclair
  • Jersey City
  • Paterson
  • Bloomfield
  • Passaic
  • Newark
  • Elizabeth

We also serve clients in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties.  Contact our firm to discuss your case with a qualified professional.