HOW WE HELP YOU FIGHT YOUR TRAFFIC TICKET
If you’re here, then you’ve gotten a speeding ticket somewhere in Metro Atlanta. You’ve got questions, like how can I beat my speeding ticket? How will my speeding ticket affect my license? How will my speeding ticket affect my insurance rates?
Take a deep breath. You’ve come to the right place. The smartest, and easiest, way to ensure you’re going to beat your speeding ticket is to hire an experienced traffic ticket attorney. Speeding tickets are a fact of life in Atlanta. Atlanta residents have very few public transportation options. This means a lot of driving, and a lot of speeding tickets, everyday.
The way things are set up in Atlanta, drivers almost can’t help but get speeding tickets. Low, restrictive speed limits catch drivers off guard and lead to speeding tickets because the police know exactly where to wait and use laser and radar to issue speeding tickets at a fast rate.
The police know the very best spots to wait for unsuspecting drivers. Police wait at the bottom of hills to issue speeding tickets to drivers. Police lurk in construction and school zones to issue speeding tickets to drivers. In metro Atlanta, a growing number of municipalities are using speeding tickets as a reliable source of revenue for their city. All of these factors are leading to a growing number of speeding tickets being issued in Georgia everyday. Speeding ticket attorney Sean Goldstein fights for the rights of drivers who have been given speeding tickets in metro Atlanta, Gwinnett County, and Dekalb County, and all of the municipal courts therein. If you’ve gotten a speeding ticket in Atlanta, or anywhere in the State of Georgia including Gwinnett County, Dekalb County, Fulton County, Cobb County, or Douglas County, or in the cities of Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, Douglasville, Dunwoody, Duluth, Johns Creek, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Norcross, Roswell, Sandy Springs, or Suwanee, call us at (678) 757-5529 for a free consultation.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA SPEEDING TICKET INFORMATION
Why You Should Hire An Atlanta Traffic Lawyer To Fight Your Speeding Ticket
We Save You Time By Fighting Your Speeding Ticket For You
Atlanta speeding ticket lawyer Sean Goldstein saves drivers with speeding tickets time. Representation for your speeding ticket can be secured in a single phone call. Most of the time, our speeding ticket attorneys can appear for you in traffic court. Can’t take time off of work to go sit in traffic court to deal with your speeding ticket? Is your personal and family life too hectic to spend hours on a speeding ticket? Call speeding ticket attorney Sean Goldstein now and you may not have to attend traffic court at all.
We Save You Money In Future Car Insurance Costs By Getting Your Speeding Ticket Reduced Or Dismissed
If you plead guilty or nolo contendere to a speeding ticket, it can cause a dramatic rise in your car insurance rates. If you plead guilty or nolo contendere to your speeding ticket, the speeding ticket will go on your Georgia Motor Vehicle Report (MVR). Once the speeding ticket reports to your MVR, your car insurance company will see the ticket and correspondingly raise your car insurance rates for anywhere from three to seven years! If you plead guilty or nolo contendere to your speeding ticket, it can cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars in future car insurance costs.
Atlanta Speeding Ticket Attorney Sean Goldstein will try to save you money in the long run by getting your speeding citation either reduced or dismissed. If we can get your speeding ticket reduced or dismissed, the violation will not be reported to your driving record. Since the speeding ticket is not reported to your driving record, the car insurance company never finds out about it and your car insurance rates do not increase. Often, the fee to hire a speeding ticket lawyer is less than the future car insurance costs if you are found guilty of speeding or plead nolo contendere to speeding.
We Save You Frustration By Fighting Your Speeding Ticket For You
Most drivers who attempt to figure out the confusing world of Georgia traffic law encounter aggravation when they attempt to handle their speeding tickets on their own. Not only is Georgia traffic law confusing, but each municipal and county traffic court in the Atlanta metro area have different procedures for speeding tickets. Save yourself the frustration. Don’t try to beat your speeding ticket yourself. Call speeding ticket attorney Sean Goldstein today and save yourself the headache.
Georgia Speeding Ticket Laws and Statutes
The appropriate code section for speeding tickets in Georgia follows:
Ga. Code Ann., § 40-6-181, Maximum limits:
(a) The limits specified in this Code section or established as authorized in this article shall be the maximum lawful vehicle speeds, except when a special hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with Code Section 40-6-180.
(b) Consistent with the provision of engineering and traffic investigations regarding maximum speed limits as provided in Code Section 40-6-182, no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) Thirty miles per hour in any urban or residential district;
(1.1) Thirty-five miles per hour on an unpaved county road unless designated otherwise by appropriate signs;
(2) Seventy miles per hour on a highway on the federal interstate system and on physically divided highways with full control of access which are outside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;
(3) Sixty-five miles per hour on a highway on the federal interstate system which is inside of an urbanized area of 50,000 population or more, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs;
(4) Sixty-five miles per hour on those sections of physically divided highways without full access control on the state highway system, provided that such speed limit is designated by appropriate signs; and
(5) Fifty-five miles per hour in other locations.
(c) The maximum speed limits set forth in this Code section may be altered as authorized in Code Sections 40-6-182, 40-6-183, and 40-6-188.
Georgia Speeding Ticket Points and Penalties
Speeding Ticket Points System
In addition to fines, speeding tickets will result in points on your license issued by the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS). Points assessed depend on the speed you were driving in excess of the posted limit. The points for speeding tickets are as follows:
- 15-18 MPH over speed limit- 2 points
- 19-23 MPH over speed limit- 3 points
- 24-33 MPH over speed limit- 4 points
- 34 MPH over speed limit- 6 points
Note: Drivers under 21 years of age at the time of conviction will have their licenses suspended for speeding 24 miles an hour or greater.
Georgia Super Speeder Fines and License Suspension for Nonpayment
Georgia Super Speeder laws apply when speeding in excess of 75 mph on a two-lane road or 85 mph on any road or highway. An additional $200.00 fine is imposed in Super Speeder cases, with nonpayment of the fine resulting in license suspension. Even if you are an out-of-state driver, you are still subject to the Super Speeder penalties.
If you’ve gotten a speeding ticket in Atlanta, or anywhere in the State of Georgia including Gwinnett County, Dekalb County, Fulton County, Cobb County, or Douglas County, or in the cities of Atlanta, Alpharetta, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, Douglasville, Dunwoody, Duluth, Johns Creek, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Norcross, Roswell, Sandy Springs, or Suwanee, call us at (678) 757-5529 for a free consultation or Contact Goldstein Law Group online.
Resources:
Georgia Department of Driver Services:
http://www.dds.ga.gov/