The consequences of a speeding or other traffic ticket can be serious — you can face a stiff fine, traffic school, significantly higher insurance premiums, and possibly even the suspension of your driver’s license.
Traffic Ticket Fines
A routine ticket for speeding, failure to yield, or failure to stop at a stop sign will normally cost you between $75 and $400, depending on your state law and, sometimes, your driving record. Some states can base the fine, at least in part, on whether you have other recent violations. Otherwise, states normally have standard fines for particular violations based on the type of offense. In speeding cases, the fine can be based on how much you exceeded the posted speed limit. The fine is often written or printed on the ticket, but if it’s not, it’s easy to learn the amount by calling the traffic court. While paying up may be the easiest route for you to take, it can have lasting negative consequences to you since the violation will appear on your driving record, normally for about three years. more
NEW BEDFORD — Unlicensed operators are buying mopeds as a way to drive to work and get around while also avoiding traffic patrols which rarely stop them, according to police. “It’s a huge problem,” New Bedford Police Sgt. Jill Simmons said of unlicensed operators who drive mopeds and scooters when their licenses are suspended. Simmons added she regularly sees moped operators on the road and recognizes them as people who don’t have valid driver’s licenses. “It’s a way to get cheap transportation, but also to stay out of the crosshairs of the police,” who generally don’t stop moped drivers as part of their patrols, she said. Massachusetts law requires a driver to have a valid license to drive a moped, according to Sara Lavoie, a spokeswoman for the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles. While unlicensed operators illegally driving mopeds is a problem in New Bedford, several other police departments on South Coast said they either haven’t seen it or they experienced it in the past and it is not an issue now. more
The driver in a New York bus crash that killed 15 people had his driver’s license suspended 18 times and was fired from two previous transportation jobs, according to investigative documents released today. The driver, Ophadell Williams, was also involved in an accident on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway three days before the March 12, 2011, crash, in which a World Wide Travel of Greater New York bus returning from the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut flipped and hit a sign post, shearing off the roof. “The fact that he had a crash on a bus three days prior and they still were allowing him to drive is indicative of a company that puts profits ahead of passenger safety,” Henry Jasny, vice president of the Washington-based Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, said in a phone interview. more
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