Getting a traffic ticket isn’t just frustrating because you got pulled over. A traffic ticket also has different consequences, such as points on your driving record, an increase in your insurance premium, and significant monetary fines. There are many different types of moving violation tickets that a New Jersey police officer can give you. Each of these tickets has its own section number and with different points assigned to it that will impact your driving record differently.
Even though there are different types of tickets with varying degrees of consequences, one thing remains constant – the fact that you should do everything in your power to fight the ticket. Even if paying the fines may not a big deal, not getting the points on your record should be. Under New Jersey law, if you get 6 points on your record, you will be on probation,and at 12 points you will lose your driving privileges.
Different Types of New Jersey Traffic Tickets
Below are some of the different types of tickets under each point tier:
2 Point Traffic Tickets:
- Speeding less than 15 mph over the speed limit
- Moving against the flow of traffic
- Unlawfully using the median strip
- Failing to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk
- Driving through a safety zone
- Failing to observe direction of an officer
- Failing to keep to the right
- Improperly operating a vehicle on a divided highway
- Failing to keep right at an intersection
- Driving the wrong way on a one-way street
- Failing to yield at an intersection
- Careless driving
- Failing to stop at a traffic light
- Failing to stop at flashing lights
- Failing to give proper signal
3 Point Traffic Tickets
- Operating constructor vehicles more than 45 mph
- Improperly turning at a traffic light
- Improperly making a right or left turn
- Improperly turning from an approved turning course
- Improperly making a U-turn
4 Point Traffic Tickets
- Driving in excess of 15-29 mph over the posted speed limit
- Improperly passing another vehicle
- Improperly passing in a no passing zone
- Improperly passing on the right or off a roadway
- Driving in an unsafe manner (points are only assess for the third or subsequent violations received within a five-year period)
- Improper passing of a frozen desert truck
5 Point Traffic Tickets
- Driving in excess of 30 mph over the posted speed limit
- Racing on a highway
- Failing to pass to the right of a vehicle proceeding in the opposite direction
- Tailgating another vehicle
- Reckless driving
- Improperly passing a school bus
8 Point Traffic Ticket
Leaving the scene of a traffic accident that involves a personal injury
If you have received any type of traffic ticket, regardless of how many points are assigned to the violation, it is in your best interest to hire an experienced New Jersey traffic ticket attorney to help you fight the ticket and avoid the consequences and penalties.
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If you or someone you know got a traffic ticket in New Jersey, an experienced traffic ticket attorney can help. For more information or to schedule a free consultation with New Jersey traffic ticket attorney Dan T. Matrafajlo, please call the Law Offices of Dan T. Matrafajlo at (908) 248-4404.
