Your heart starts to beat fast and you are not sure it is you who needs to pullover your car and you feel like panicking. This happens every time you see those flashing lights and see that ominous car pull up close behind you. It is a normal feeling and it usually only lasts until your anger supersedes your fear of being pulled over. You are not a alone. There are things you can do to lessen the chances of getting a ticket and/or getting out of the ticket once its written. First, roll down your windows and pull over in a clam manner. The open windows allows the Police Officer to see into the car and be sure you are not hiding anyone or anything in the back. Remember, the more at ease the Officer is, the better the chance he will not write the ticket to begin with.
Now that the Police Officer has your information, before he writes a traffic ticket, he is going to run your license plate to make sure your car is not stolen. Then he will run your license to make sure it's not suspended and confirm you do not have a warrant for your arrest. Not that he feels reasonably safe, he will go in for the kill. He will ask you "Mr. Diamond, do you know why I pulled you over?" Most people at this point want to be helpful and say "because I was speeding, but I am really sorry, please don't give me a traffic ticket". The game is over, you just confessed to speeding or whatever it was he pulled your over for. Now the ball is in his court.
The Police Officer will now probably write you a traffic ticket and put a note on it that you admitted it. He may even tell you he clocked you doing 80 in a 40. He may start to lecture you about speeding and the fact that you are an accident waiting to happen. Of course by this time, you will try one of two WRONG approaches. You will first start to argue that there is no way you could be doing 80 miles per hour because your car is not that fast. Or you will say you were just keeping up with traffic and he got the wrong car. Or you might try the other wrong approach and try to be sweet by saying you are sorry but you needed to get to work or you had a date with a hot girl and didn't want to miss it. Neither of these approaches is smart. Oh and before you think it, I will tell you the "I really have to go to the bathroom" is not good either. He will tell you to think about how much longer it would have taken to get to the bathroom if you crashed along the way.
If you are going to have any chance of winning in Court, you have to do what is hardest for most people, keep your mouth shut. Don't start apologizing for what you did. And do not start to argue. If he asks you why you think he pulled you over, tell him "no officer, I don't". Don't be smug about it and don't be coy, just act innocent. After he tells you why, don't argue with him. Just take the ticket and move on. The most important thing that the officer needs to remember about his entire interaction with you is that he remembers nothing. That is to say, the whole encounter needs to be unremarkable. You see the faster the whole transaction and the smoother it goes in every respect, the less likely the Police Officer is to show up for court. Also, should the Police Officer show up in Court, it is very unlikely that he will remember anything about the interaction four months later. Thus, if he is challenged by someone in Court about the fact surrounding the stop of your vehicle, he is not likely to remember anything and thus your case is more likely to get dismissed.
Now what. You are sitting in your car with a yellow, or white, traffic ticket in your hand and you don't know what to do. You have a few options. You can pay the traffic ticket. This means you will be automatically guilty, you will get three or four points on your license and your insurance will go up. Also, if you get to many points you might lose your license. Option two is to pay the traffic ticket and go to school. The problem with this is two fold. First, you will pay the entire cost of the traffic ticket and you will pay for traffic school, and you will pay administrative fees and you will pay fees to the State of Florida. Second, you have now used up one of your get out of jail free cards. In other words, the next time you get a ticket in the same year, you can not elect school and the Judge will see that you went to school. Option three is to hire a real traffic ticket lawyer. Not some random traffic ticket clinic that just opened, but a traffic ticket team with a lot of experience fighting traffic tickets.
A lot of people want to know what qualifications they should look for when hiring a traffic ticket lawyer. Well, here is just a sample of one lawyer's qualifications who also happens to be a partner at The Traffic Ticket Team. Jason A. Diamond, Esq. has been a Trial Lawyer for the Broward County Public Defender's Office, defending clients accused of felonies, misdemeanors and juvenile crimes. Jason Diamond has had numerous jury trials and even more bench trials in front of many Judges. He graduated from the University of Florida with Honors, and Nova Southeastern School of Law. Mr. Diamond is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, the Federal Bar for the Southern District of Florida, and the Federal Bar for the Middle District of Florida since'95. Mr. Diamond is also admitted in the prestigious Colorado Federal Bar. Mr. Diamond has been an Adjunct Professor, teaching law at Broward Community College in Davie Florida and Barry University in Miami. Mr. Diamond has presented traffic ticket clinics throughout Florida explaining what to do and not do if you get a traffic ticket or DUI. To date, Mr. Diamond's Lawyers have handled over 1,000,000 (One Million) traffic tickets. The Traffic Ticket Team was founded over ten years ago and has 8 locations throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Diamond's traffic ticket team of lawyers has over 50 years of combined experience. Most importantly, the Traffic Ticket Team has s 99% success rate in keeping points and traffic school of their client's records. For more information, go to www.trafficticketteam.com or call 1-866-433-3363. - 31397
Now that the Police Officer has your information, before he writes a traffic ticket, he is going to run your license plate to make sure your car is not stolen. Then he will run your license to make sure it's not suspended and confirm you do not have a warrant for your arrest. Not that he feels reasonably safe, he will go in for the kill. He will ask you "Mr. Diamond, do you know why I pulled you over?" Most people at this point want to be helpful and say "because I was speeding, but I am really sorry, please don't give me a traffic ticket". The game is over, you just confessed to speeding or whatever it was he pulled your over for. Now the ball is in his court.
The Police Officer will now probably write you a traffic ticket and put a note on it that you admitted it. He may even tell you he clocked you doing 80 in a 40. He may start to lecture you about speeding and the fact that you are an accident waiting to happen. Of course by this time, you will try one of two WRONG approaches. You will first start to argue that there is no way you could be doing 80 miles per hour because your car is not that fast. Or you will say you were just keeping up with traffic and he got the wrong car. Or you might try the other wrong approach and try to be sweet by saying you are sorry but you needed to get to work or you had a date with a hot girl and didn't want to miss it. Neither of these approaches is smart. Oh and before you think it, I will tell you the "I really have to go to the bathroom" is not good either. He will tell you to think about how much longer it would have taken to get to the bathroom if you crashed along the way.
If you are going to have any chance of winning in Court, you have to do what is hardest for most people, keep your mouth shut. Don't start apologizing for what you did. And do not start to argue. If he asks you why you think he pulled you over, tell him "no officer, I don't". Don't be smug about it and don't be coy, just act innocent. After he tells you why, don't argue with him. Just take the ticket and move on. The most important thing that the officer needs to remember about his entire interaction with you is that he remembers nothing. That is to say, the whole encounter needs to be unremarkable. You see the faster the whole transaction and the smoother it goes in every respect, the less likely the Police Officer is to show up for court. Also, should the Police Officer show up in Court, it is very unlikely that he will remember anything about the interaction four months later. Thus, if he is challenged by someone in Court about the fact surrounding the stop of your vehicle, he is not likely to remember anything and thus your case is more likely to get dismissed.
Now what. You are sitting in your car with a yellow, or white, traffic ticket in your hand and you don't know what to do. You have a few options. You can pay the traffic ticket. This means you will be automatically guilty, you will get three or four points on your license and your insurance will go up. Also, if you get to many points you might lose your license. Option two is to pay the traffic ticket and go to school. The problem with this is two fold. First, you will pay the entire cost of the traffic ticket and you will pay for traffic school, and you will pay administrative fees and you will pay fees to the State of Florida. Second, you have now used up one of your get out of jail free cards. In other words, the next time you get a ticket in the same year, you can not elect school and the Judge will see that you went to school. Option three is to hire a real traffic ticket lawyer. Not some random traffic ticket clinic that just opened, but a traffic ticket team with a lot of experience fighting traffic tickets.
A lot of people want to know what qualifications they should look for when hiring a traffic ticket lawyer. Well, here is just a sample of one lawyer's qualifications who also happens to be a partner at The Traffic Ticket Team. Jason A. Diamond, Esq. has been a Trial Lawyer for the Broward County Public Defender's Office, defending clients accused of felonies, misdemeanors and juvenile crimes. Jason Diamond has had numerous jury trials and even more bench trials in front of many Judges. He graduated from the University of Florida with Honors, and Nova Southeastern School of Law. Mr. Diamond is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, the Federal Bar for the Southern District of Florida, and the Federal Bar for the Middle District of Florida since'95. Mr. Diamond is also admitted in the prestigious Colorado Federal Bar. Mr. Diamond has been an Adjunct Professor, teaching law at Broward Community College in Davie Florida and Barry University in Miami. Mr. Diamond has presented traffic ticket clinics throughout Florida explaining what to do and not do if you get a traffic ticket or DUI. To date, Mr. Diamond's Lawyers have handled over 1,000,000 (One Million) traffic tickets. The Traffic Ticket Team was founded over ten years ago and has 8 locations throughout the State of Florida. Mr. Diamond's traffic ticket team of lawyers has over 50 years of combined experience. Most importantly, the Traffic Ticket Team has s 99% success rate in keeping points and traffic school of their client's records. For more information, go to www.trafficticketteam.com or call 1-866-433-3363. - 31397
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