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New York State has recently enacted legislation increasing the penalties for violations of the vehicle and traffic law. New York DWI convictions will now include 11 points on a motorist’s license. While a conviction for DWI had serious consequences to a motorist’s license, it will now also include 11 points on the license. Previously there…

The highest speeding ticket a motorist can receive is an 11 point speeding ticket. These are speeding tickets for driving 41 mph or more over the speed limit. Often motorists will simply plead guilty to the ticket believing that all they will need to do is pay the fine and the ticket will go away.…

While driver no seat belt tickets do not carry points, a conviction for it still appears on your driver’s license for the insurance company or employer to see. It is always best, when possible, to have a driver no seat belt ticket reduced to an infraction that does not show up your drivers abstract, such…

If you have been convicted in default at the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency, we have been successful in vacating those convictions and working out favorable resolutions. We have also been successful in vacating previously entered guilty pleas where the conviction is affecting your license or employment.

If you have been issued a traffic citation, you will need to answer it. Ignoring a traffic ticket is generally the worst thing you can do. Pleading guilty to it is usually a bad idea as well. Every year thousands of motorist in New York are default convicted for failing to answer their ticket or…