It’s that time of year again, the season when the desire to spend time with loved ones and friends takes us to the roads, traveling to get back home or elsewhere to enjoy the holidays. One thing you can count on year to year is the presence of Georgia’s traffic enforcement officers along the way, […]
Georgia Traffic Ticket Blog
Miranda Rights For Georgia Traffic Ticket Arrest?
Drivers arrested for a moving traffic violation in Georgia question why they were not read their “Miranda” rights at the time of the arrest. The reading of the Miranda rights (“you have the right to remain silent….”) occurs prior to an individual’s interrogation as a result of the arrest, when the information obtained during an […]
Traffic Ticket Urban Legends
If The Officer Does Not Show Up In Court The Ticket Will Be Dismissed The biggest urban legend/myth, or the assumption we hear more than anything else is regarding the appearance of a driver in court and the non-appearance, or no show of the officer that issued the ticket. Isn’t it true that if the […]
Does A Defensive Driving Class Help My Speeding Ticket Case?
If you are stopped by an officer for speeding in Georgia and are speeding at anywhere from 16 mph over the limit or more, taking an in-person defensive driving class could favorably impact the outcome for your ticket should you choose to fight the ticket rather than just pay the fine. Often, a judge in […]
Why Not Just Pay The Georgia Traffic Ticket?
Each moving violation in Georgia is considered a criminal misdemeanor, Georgia’s Courts take traffic tickets, fines, court appearances, and anything related to a ticket very seriously! Traffic laws vary from state to state but just paying a speeding ticket or any other moving violation in Georgia can result in any of the following: Insurance rate […]
Georgia Speeding Tickets – How Was Your Speed Determined?
When you get a speeding ticket in Georgia, you may wonder how your precise speed, as noted on the traffic citation, was determined. The various methods include radar, laser, pacing, aircraft, and VASCAR. The 3 out of those 5 that are most commonly used by traffic enforcement officers in Georgia and in most other states […]
Georgia’s Drunk Driving Laws
The Atlanta Journal Constitution published an article in early September that is a guide to everything you need to know about drunk driving laws in Georgia. Please read the article and visit our DUI driving laws page to learn more about your rights and how an experienced GA DUI Lawyer can help get you a […]
Should There Be A Cap On Speed Trap Revenue?
Georgia law states that a city or municipality may not collect more than 40% of its revenue from traffic/speeding tickets. That percentage throws out(does not include) any tickets that are issued to the driver’s going 17 mph or more over the limit. Many other state lawmakers believe that the procedure of “policing for profit” in […]
Caught Speeding in Georgia and Under 21?
If you are between 16 and 21 years of age and are caught speeding in Georgia it’s typically not a simple matter of just paying the ticket without any additional concerns. Each ticket issued has different circumstances and the under 21-year-old driver must appear in court in the majority of Georgia’s county and municipal courts […]
Can I Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket?
You just got a speeding ticket in Georgia and you are pretty certain that there is a good reason you either received that ticket in error or don’t deserve the ticket. In Georgia, the chances of having a speeding ticket flat out “dismissed” will probably not occur for any of the following. I was just […]