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An example of a New Jersey statute with zero points is called “obstruction of traffic.” @#*@#* Law Offices often seeks to amend our clients’ moving violations that are factually congruent to obstructing traffic because of the zero points as well as its moderate costs. A recitation of the status is as follows:
39:4-67. Obstructing passage of other vehicles or street cars prohibited; clearance of intersections. No vehicle or street car shall be permitted by the owner or driver thereof to so occupy a street as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of other street cars or vehicles, nor shall the driver of a vehicle or street car drive such vehicle or street car into an intersection if preceding traffic prevents immediate clearance of the intersection.
If you feel that your ticket for improper turn, failure to signal, failure to maintain lane, failure to stop or yield, failure to keep right, or any other similar ticket may have obstructed the flow of another’s traffic please call our office to discuss your specific matter. This information is not intended as legal advice.
Anyway that one is harder to get but much less impact on your wallet/purse and license record than other alternatives. That other one costs much more and you can only use a certain number of times in 5 or 10 years or so.
Courts like to trade you almost anything for the other "unsafe driving" deal.
From personal experience I would recommend a traffic lawyer. A good one, who charges a $1,000 just to show up.
You don't want the cheaper ones, trust me -I had 11 points in Jersey at one time, just 1 point away....
The knowledge discrepancy between a$1,000 one and a $500 one was staggering. Too bad, I moved out of Jersey next year, but it was definitely a money well spent.
Of course, with fines, you're looking into 2 Gs, but it's Jersey, so that's expected.
Oh, and don't forget the surcharge, which will hit you at 6 points and lasts 6 months, then next year again.
It's usually then, when insurance kicks up the rates with excuse of "oh, but you've been surcharged"
For same car, in Montana, I pay $70 insurance. At 11 points, in Jersey, I paid $385 each month, p!us surcharge (forgot how much), which was the cheapest, as the next insurer was asking $475 per month.
Not sure if you know, but at 6 points, your options to shop for insurance will be limited.
just an fyi, no matter what happens in court, those tickets will still show up on your insurance records as points, even if the tickets get thrown out. the plea deal are set up to make money in exchange for the ticket not affecting your license points, which is a different system. being that you don't care about the points, because you dont have any points, i understand why you just want to pay and get it overwith. i did the same thing recently with a speeding ticket. if someone had lets say 11 points, then it would make sense to take a plea deal and pay all that money to avoid getting your license suspended. pay the ticket, plead guilty.
From personal experience I would recommend a traffic lawyer. A good one, who charges a $1,000 just to show up.
You don't want the cheaper ones, trust me -I had 11 points in Jersey at one time, just 1 point away....
The knowledge discrepancy between a$1,000 one and a $500 one was staggering. Too bad, I moved out of Jersey next year, but it was definitely a money well spent.
Of course, with fines, you're looking into 2 Gs, but it's Jersey, so that's expected.
Oh, and don't forget the surcharge, which will hit you at 6 points and lasts 6 months, then next year again.
It's usually then, when insurance kicks up the rates with excuse of "oh, but you've been surcharged"
For same car, in Montana, I pay $70 insurance. At 11 points, in Jersey, I paid $385 each month, p!us surcharge (forgot how much), which was the cheapest, as the next insurer was asking $475 per month.
Not sure if you know, but at 6 points, your options to shop for insurance will be limited.
Just go and fork out a grand for a lawyer.
$2k?? I've never paid anywhere near that ever (and I had a pretty bad driving record many years ago). That sounds like DUI/heavy points on your license territory (they use your history against you as well).
EDIT: okay I see you had 11pts on yours. That would take awhile to work down.
is when you run into the rear of a vehicle, drive on the sidewalk, knock someone off a bike or
sideswipe a vehicle.............not just moving a vehicle. even if it's after your told to stop.
so say's a retired cop...............
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