If you have received a speeding ticket within the State of Florida you can rest assured you are not alone. Florida consistently ranks in the top 5 States for the volume of speeding tickets issued every year. If you are looking to fight the ticket or to even gather information on Florida speeding tickets in general, you have come to the right place. At the Law Firm of Finebloom and Haenel, P.A. we have been fighting speeding tickets every day for years. The ultimate goal for our lawyers is to try and get the ticket dismissed. If an outright dismissal is not possible, then keeping the points of your license and making sure the fines and or court costs are to a minimum is our next goal. Payment of a citation is a conviction for DMV purposes and will mean that typically 3 or 4 points will be assessed to your driving record. Many states share information with Florida and payment of the citation outright WILL more than likely result in an entry on your out of state driving record, resulting in possible insurance increases and possible state imposed surcharges.
When someone receives a speeding ticket in Florida many of our clients feel very frustrated. They will tell us that they had their cruise control on or were traveling with the flow of traffic. Keep in mind that in order to beat a speeding ticket outright, we have to present a legal defense that would prevent the officer from proving the case outright. Unlike in other states where a district attorney, municipal prosecutor, or solicitor tries the case on behalf of the government, in Florida officers prosecute their own cases. That means that the officer takes an oath prior to testifying and then puts forth evidence trying to establish that you were the driver and that the speed measurement device they were operating that day was calibrated properly according to the Florida administrative code. The officer is required to bring these documents into court with them and our office will have an opportunity to review them prior to trial.
Some Florida speeding tickets require a mandatory court appearance. Several years ago the Florida legislature decided that any motorist charged with traveling 30 miles per hour above the posted speed limit should be forced to come to court and face a Judge. Thankfully, the Florida traffic court rules allow an attorney to appear on behalf of the motorist, even in a mandatory speeding ticket case. In certain Florida counties the sentence for a 30 mile per hour speeding ticket could result in a court mandated suspension. The amount of the suspension is based on the facts of your particular ticket as well as your driving history. If you are licensed out of state, the Judge will often require us to provide the Court a copy of that driving history.
If you would like a free consultation with one of our attorneys to discuss the particular facts of your speeding ticket, give us a call at 1-800-344-4848. We are available 7 days a week to discuss your ticket with you.
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