MUNICIPAL COURT, LLC
STUART, FLORIDA

My advise is a resounding yes. If you receive a speeding ticket for exceeding the speed limit up to and including 14 miles over the speed limit that ticket carries 2 points. A speeding ticket where you exceed the limit by 15 or more up to and including 29 miles per hour, that violation carries 4 points. If you exceed the speed limit by 30 or more miles per hour that violation carries 5 points and Municipal Court Judges are inclined to suspend your license for a period of time for driving at that rate of speed. Most insurance companies will charge anywhere from $100.00 to $200.00 per point each year for three years so a four point speeding ticket could cost you $2400.00 over the next three years in automobile insurance increases (4 x $200 x 3 years). The NJ DMV will reach into your pocket if you receive 6 or more points. You can enroll in a driver improvement course and have 3 points removed from your driving record. This may save you some money with the DMV but not with your insurance carrier. Your insurance carrier will not deduct those 3 points. You can also take a defensive driving course and have 2 points removed from your driving record and a whopping 5% reduction in your insurance premium. There is a catch though. You are making a pact with the DMV in exchange for this reduction. If you should receive a ticket within a certain time period after taking the course then you are subject to being suspended. New Jersey Municipal Courts permit plea bargaining on all offenses except Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and Drug Cases. In many instances, a municipal court prosecutor will down grade a 2 point speeding ticket to a 0 point ticket ( NJSA 39:4-97.2 – Unsafe Driving) without the necessity of being represented by counsel. This assumes that there are no extraordinary circumstances surrounding the speeding ticket that you received (no accident, no injuries, no problematic conversations between you and the police officer who issued the ticket and you have a good to fair driving record). The New Jersey Legislature recognized that many good drivers make mistakes. They provided for those mistakes by creating a statute, specifically NJSA 39:4-97.2 Unsafe Driving. There are no points associated with that statute, however, the statute can only be used two times within a five year period. Should you pled guilty to NJSA 39:4-97.2 Unsafe Driving a third time within five years, DMV will assess 4 points against you. Ron Mondello’s office is located in the same building as the Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce on 27th Street in Fair Lawn. Ron has been practicing the defense of traffic tickets and other municipal court matters for over 10 years. He has successfully resolved hundreds of municipal court and DMV matters. My advise is a resounding yes. If you receive a speeding ticket for exceeding the speed limit up to and including 14 miles over the speed limit that ticket carries 2 points. A speeding ticket where you exceed the limit by 15 or more up to and including 29 miles per hour, that violation carries 4 points. If you exceed the speed limit by 30 or more miles per hour that violation carries 5 points and Municipal Court Judges are inclined to suspend your license for a period of time for driving at that rate of speed. Most insurance companies will charge anywhere from $100.00 to $200.00 per point each year for three years so a four point speeding ticket could cost you $2400.00 over the next three years in automobile insurance increases (4 x $200 x 3 years). The NJ DMV will reach into your pocket if you receive 6 or more points. You can enroll in a driver improvement course and have 3 points removed from your driving record. This may save you some money with the DMV but not with your insurance carrier. Your insurance carrier will not deduct those 3 points. You can also take a defensive driving course and have 2 points removed from your driving record and a whopping 5% reduction in your insurance premium. There is a catch though. You are making a pact with the DMV in exchange for this reduction. If you should receive a ticket within a certain time period after taking the course then you are subject to being suspended. New Jersey Municipal Courts permit plea bargaining on all offenses except Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and Drug Cases. In many instances, a municipal court prosecutor will down grade a 2 point speeding ticket to a 0 point ticket ( NJSA 39:4-97.2 – Unsafe Driving) without the necessity of being represented by counsel. This assumes that there are no extraordinary circumstances surrounding the speeding ticket that you received (no accident, no injuries, no problematic conversations between you and the police officer who issued the ticket and you have a good to fair driving record). The New Jersey Legislature recognized that many good drivers make mistakes. They provided for those mistakes by creating a statute, specifically NJSA 39:4-97.2 Unsafe Driving. There are no points associated with that statute, however, the statute can only be used two times within a five year period. Should you pled guilty to NJSA 39:4-97.2 Unsafe Driving a third time within five years, DMV will assess 4 points against you. Ron Mondello’s office is located in the same building as the Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce on 27th Street in Fair Lawn. Ron has been practicing the defense of traffic tickets and other municipal court matters for over 10 years. He has successfully resolved hundreds of municipal court and DMV matters. Again, this is not a two-point ticket where in fact I could tell you everything you need to know over the telephone in less than 3 min. A New Jersey DWI or New Jersey DUI is complex and we need to discuss the various strategies and what exactly occurred that evening. So, if you have gotten nothing out of reading or listening to this interview, I will repeat the one absolute you must take away from this session – you must have a face to face, one-on-one consultation with New Jersey competent counsel who was well versed in this complex area of Municipal Court law. Best of Luck!