Tickets and commercial drivers
A ticket costs more than the fine
Points, insurance rates and, for a commercial driver, the job. That's why a ticket is worth a phone call before you pay it.
Paying a ticket is pleading guilty to it. For most drivers that means points and a higher premium for years. For someone with a commercial license, even a ticket in your own car counts against the CDL, and two or three serious ones can take you off the road.
Often I can go to court for you, ask for a reduction to something that doesn't carry points, or set the date around your work. Reckless driving is different: it's a criminal charge, and I handle it like one.
What I handle
Tickets, reckless driving and CDL charges
Speeding and red lights
Contested, reduced, or moved to a date that works, often without you in court.
Reckless driving
A misdemeanor in most places, with a record to match. Treated as the criminal case it is.
Commercial license tickets
In a work truck or your own car, where every conviction counts against the CDL.
Driving on a suspended license
Often fixable at the root: an unpaid fine, a missed form, a lapsed policy.
No insurance or registration
Showing proof can end some of these. I'll tell you if yours is one.
Out-of-state drivers
A ticket from a trip through Reno, handled without flying back for court.
Ticket questions
Before you pay that ticket
Is it worth fighting a single speeding ticket?
Sometimes not, and I'll say so. If it carries points, would push your insurance up, or you hold a CDL, it usually is. Send me a photo and I'll tell you which.
I have a CDL but I was in my own car. Does it count?
Yes. Most moving violations count against a commercial license wherever and whatever you were driving. That's why commercial drivers call before they pay.
How is a ticket priced?
Each ticket is quoted on its own, on the first call, before you pay anything. Fines and court fees are separate.