speeding ticket in staten island

I believe New York doesn’t report traffic violations to other States unless you fail to respond to the ticket. I know NY doesn’t count points from any other US State but will suspend if you just ignore it (except from six States, including Michigan, which even if you ignore the ticket it they will not suspend your license.)

Your best bet is probably to mail it back guilty and pay the fine. It likely won’t affect you. If you want to play extra safe you can get a lawyer for about $400.

No, in this case a lawyer would only do harm to the general public by keeping a bad driver driving.

i think michigan dosent take points from other states.a lawyer wont help you.an honest lawyer will tell you its a losing battle in S.I.The highway patrol officers have their testimony down to a science,and you wont catch them making a mistake even if they didnt use laser or radar and just paced you.plus ther are only two administrative law judges,who both are impossible to win by, especially brian levine who has the highest conviction rate in the whole 5 boroughs.(just google traffic court staten island)got caught going 27 over on the 440,and two other tickets there .so have a little experience with the court there.you can push it off at least twice with paying a bond the 2nd time but go to a diff borough to do that bec levine doesnt like pushing it off.

The same thing happened to my wife about 3 years ago. There was apparently a sign limiting the speed limit on the ramp to the Verrazano to 25 mph due to construction ,(though there was no construction). My wife was clocked at 55 mph. I called a friend to find out who the best lawyer for Staten Island tickets was and was given the name of an attorney. He asked for $1,000 up front, and his paralegal raved about the great results he got. Then all he did was postpone the hearing 3 times in the hopes that the cop wouldn’t show. On the final hearing date ( which we were never even told about) he and the cop agreed to say my wife was 25 miles over the limit and would get 6 points. His paralegal called to tell me the “good news”. Fortunately, I spent about 5 years as counsel to an insurance company providing attorney malpractice and had represented dozens of attorneys. I called the attorney and asked him how many times he had spoken with my wife to discuss the merits of the case or when the hearings would be. he conceded that he never spoke with her, but in his defense said ” you don’t know Staten island judges it is impossible to do any thing” and ” most people don’t want to be bothered going to court”. Of course, he then could not justify his $1,000 retainer. To make a long story short, he asked me what I wanted. I told him that I would accept the full thousand dollars back… and the offer ended that week. He agreed to those terms.

I always push off my tickets online twice and then once in person and pay the $40 bail. One time my ticket was dismissed automatically because the cop retired.

After two years the points no longer remain on your license. And the points do not go on your record until after trial and conviction. So the longer you push off the trial, the longer it will take to appear on the record. I once pushed it off close to two years and it never showed up on the record even though it was found guilty.