Speed Traps Are All Over The State

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Speed Traps Are All Over The State

Several locations throughout the state are favorite locations for police to radar and laser traffic. The result is that many of these individuals who are driving through receive a speeding ticket.

The court system handles all speeding tickets and traffic tickets. However, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the court system work together to resolve these issues.

When you receive a speeding ticket, you can plead guilty and pay the fine by mail or in person. You may also fight the ticket in court and face a judge or hearing officer. If you plead guilty to your speeding ticket, you will also receive points on your driving record. This can also cause your insurance premiums to go up.

If you choose to fight your speeding ticket, you will need to have a case. This means you will need to research to ensure that you broke the law you have been accused of. If you have not broken individual sections of the law, you may be able to get your case dismissed. When fighting a speeding ticket, it helps to have a traffic lawyer in the state as they specialize in these cases. They may also be able to negotiate with the prosecutor to lower your fine and your offense. They may also be able to keep the speeding ticket off of your record.

Whatever you do, do not ignore your speeding ticket. You will receive a summons to appear before a judge if you do. If you do not, the court system will issue a warrant for your arrest. Your license will also be suspended or revoked.

It is always wise to visit the court about your Connecticut speeding ticket and see if you have any options for keeping the ticket and points off your driving record. You may be able to take advantage of driving school or deferred probation for your ticket. These options are usually only available to you once, but if you don’t plan on getting another speeding ticket within the same year, they are worth it. You can often keep your ticket off of your record, despite paying associated fees and court costs, but it is well worth it in the long run.

Traffic Tickets are quite easy to get nowadays.

Unfortunately for most of the motoring public, tickets are quite easy to get nowadays.

Modern technology has provided today’s Law Enforcement with numerous tools and gadgets that make it simple and cost-effective to easily locate motorists that violate the rules of the road. As a Law Enforcement Officer currently assigned to a productive Traffic Division, I can promise you that if you haven’t yet gotten a ticket, you most likely will sooner or later. No matter how careful you are on the roads, everyone makes mistakes. One day, another traffic cop like me will be out there to catch that mistake.

Still skeptical? Let me tell you a little about a typical day at work for me. Perhaps you will see that no matter how careful, no matter how safely you drive, one day you will probably find yourself on the receiving end of a traffic ticket. Read on: More about Traffic ticket Attorneys here:

My night shift starts uneventfully. I power up my video camera so I can catch violations on camera. I make sure I have extra ink cartridges for the ticket printer; I don’t want to run out and not be able to issue citations. The gas tank of my patrol car gets filled and I test my dash-mounted radar to make sure it is working properly. I fire up the hand-held laser and check it too. A quick glance at my watch shows that it’s 5:00 PM and time to head out. The rush hour traffic is sure to yield several good tickets, and I know I will find some more “customers” later on in the evening if I keep my eyes open.

Rare is the day when I don’t find several tickets to write to unlucky motorists. Technology has made it very easy for me. My dash-mounted radar is my favorite tool. It gets used quite often; as I’ll often hide around curves or at the bottom of hills, and catch speeders before they even know I am there. By the time the driver actually spots me, it’s too late. But stationary radar is not the only use for my dash-mounted radar. I can operate moving radar while driving from point A to point B, and often collect several citations before I reach my destination. While I’m driving around running radar, I have a computer program that allows me to check the license plates of motorists around me. If there is a problem with a license plate, such as an expired decal, or a registrant with a suspended license, I can be sure I will get a few tickets for stopping that vehicle.

I also keep my eyes peeled for other obvious offenders: Red light runners, people that violate the right of way of others, and of course, those impatient people that like to “roll” through stop signs. These violations make easy tickets for me.

Sometimes we play dirty. A bunch of traffic cops will get together, and one will “dress up” as a surveyor. He will place a hand-held laser in a tripod and pretend to be “surveying” near a busy roadway. In actuality, the “surveyor” is actually clocking speeders and radioing the information to cops that are hidden down the road. The result-you get busted. We often use many variations on this theme.

I hardly even have to put in any effort when I sit down to write a ticket. I have a license reader that allows me to “swipe” your license like a credit card. The reader then transmits your license data to a pre-made ticket form on my computer. I add a few things to the ticket and then hit the “print” button. Voila! A few seconds later, and I have a nice printed citation personalized for you. The minutes saved by the license reader and ticket printer free up more time for me to go out and stop more cars.

While that pretty much sums up my workday, it doesn’t mean that when the cops aren’t around, you are off the hook. We now have cameras everywhere that can generate tickets when we are not around. Many people have heard of the “red light” cameras and the “toll-booth” cameras. They are real, and a lot of government money is generated from those tickets.

What does this mean for you? Basically, with all the newfangled technology that cops are running around with, chances are good that you will get a ticket- no matter how careful you are.

Car Accident Attorneys – Consumer Watchdog Group Also Smells Something Rotten

Respected Texas Consumer Watchdog Group Also Smells Something Rotten

Texas Watch is a reputable consumer advocacy group that has turned more of its attention to auto insurance issues and their trend of higher denials, including higher UI/UIM denials by the more reputable firms as well. The group says that unethical minimum coverage companies have an advantage because they undercut regular insurers on price primarily because of their claims payment practices. A spokesman says, “the business model is they drag their feet and make it as difficult as possible for the claimant to collect in hopes they will take a low-ball offer or give up.”

In one year, Texas Watch completed a survey of customer complaints when filing damage claims against auto insurers in Texas. The most frequent complaint types and their percentages were:

Delays in handling claims: 36.7%
Unsatisfactory offers: 21.8%
Denial of claims: 16.3%
Other: 14.6%
Customer service: 10.5%

In a UIM claim, things can get very complicated for non-attorneys. For an underinsured claim to be valid, you have to show that you exhausted the other available policies. In other words, if you have $100,000 in total damages and the negligent driver has a policy limit of $60,000, you have to get all $60k, or your UIM claim is viewed by your insurance company (if you have UM/UIM coverage) as invalid.

It is very easy for the defendant’s insurer to pay you only a large percentage – but not the full value – of their policy. But the fact that you didn’t collect full value makes it impossible for your UIM claim for the difference to be honored by your carrier. And there are a few well-known insurance carriers on that top-10 list that is kept by the Texas Department of Insurance; firms you would think would not be on that list.

It is all the more important to have an experienced Texas auto accident injury lawyer help you with both claims (the liability claim against the negligent driver and the UM/UIM claim against your insurance provider). Your success lies in collecting full damage value from both. In cases where you successfully get the other party to tender policy limits, you still encounter the difficulties of your company’s insurance adjuster’s alleged ignorance concerning Texas laws, particularly the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Your claim then becomes a contract issue between you and your carrier rather than a tort issue. Unlike inexperienced law firms, our Law Firm knows how to leverage a TDTPA violation claim against an insurer (either the other guy’s or yours) to do the right thing and pay both of your legitimate claims when an underinsured motorist has hit you.

The time after being seriously injured in a car accident is often stressful and confusing to the victims and their families. Don’t add to the stress and confusion by letting an inexperienced attorney handle your case or represent yourself when you are unqualified to look out for your or your family’s best interests. We are uniquely qualified and fully prepared to fight for and win the fairest compensation for your total damage claims. If you or someone you know was injured in a car accident, contact an attorney at our Law Offices today for a free consultation and find out how we can help you.