New Jersey Traffic Ticket Lawyers

Traffic Tickets

If you have received a traffic ticket in New Jersey, you need to be aware of how the ticket could affect your driver’s license fees and car insurance costs. Pleading guilty to a single speeding ticket can result in you paying surcharges for years to come. At Barron, Baker & Posternock, our serious personal injury attorneys have long experience assisting clients in Southern New Jersey, including Trenton, Cherry Hill, and Moorestown, who have received:

• Speeding tickets
• Reckless driving tickets
• Careless driving tickets
• Driving without insurance tickets
• Driving with suspended license tickets

We offer a free initial phone consultation to explain how the traffic violation could affect you and what our traffic ticket lawyers could do on your behalf.

An experienced traffic ticket attorney can minimize the effect of a traffic ticket by negotiating your ticket down to an offense that does not subtract points (or subtracts fewer points) from your driver's license. If you have received multiple citations for a single driving incident, we can negotiate to have all but one of the tickets thrown out. We can also represent you to contest any driver's license or insurance surcharges connected with your violation.

Here is some information about traffic ticket penalties in New Jersey:

Any person who is convicted of any of the following offenses, including offenses committed while operating a motorized bicycle, shall be assessed points for each conviction in accordance with the following schedule:

Section Number Offense Points

• N.J.S.A. 27:23-29 Moving against traffic--New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway 2
• N.J.S.A. 27:23-29 Improper passing--New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway 2
• N.J.S.A. 27:23-29 Unlawful use of median strip--New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:3-20 Operating constructor vehicle in excess of 30 mph 3
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-14.3 Operating motorized bicycle on a restricted highway 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-14.3d More than one person on a motorized bicycle 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-35 Failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-36 Failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk; Passing a vehicle yielding to pedestrian in crosswalk 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-41 Driving through safety zone 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-52 and 39:5C-1 Racing on highway 5
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-55 Improper action or omission on grades and curves 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-57 Failure to observe direction of officer 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-66 Failure to stop vehicle before crossing sidewalk 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-66.1 Failure to yield to pedestrians or vehicles while entering or leaving highway 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-66.2 Operating a motor vehicle on public or private property to avoid a traffic control signal or sign 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-71 Operating a motor vehicle on a sidewalk 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-80 Failure to obey direction of officer 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-81 Failure to observe traffic signals 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-82 Failure to keep right 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-82.1 Improper operating of vehicle on divided highway or divider 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-83 Failure to keep right at intersection 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-84 Failure to pass right of vehicle proceeding in opposite direction 5
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-85 Improper passing on right or off roadway 4
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-85.1 Wrong way on a one-way street 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-86 Improper passing in no passing zone 4
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-87 Failure to yield to overtaking vehicle 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-88 Failure to observe traffic lanes 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-89 Tailgating 5
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-90 Failure to yield at intersection 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-90.1 Failure to use proper entrances to limited access highways 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-91 and 39:4-92 Failure to yield to emergency vehicles 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-96 Reckless driving 5
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-97 Careless driving 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-97a Destruction of agricultural or recreational property 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.1 Slow speed blocking traffic 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.2 Unsafe driving
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.3 Cell Phone use
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-98 and 39:4-99 Exceeding maximum speed 1-14 mph over limit 2 Exceeding maximum speed 15-29 mph over limit 4 Exceeding maximum speed 30 mph or more over limit 5
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-105 Failure to stop for traffic light 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-115 Improper turn at traffic light 3
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-119 Failure to stop at flashing red signal 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-122 Failure to stop for police whistle 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-123 Improper right or left turn 3
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-124 Improper turn from approved turning course 3
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-125 Improper "U" turn 3
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-126 Failure to give proper signal 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-127 Improper backing or turning in street 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-127.1 Improper crossing of railroad grade crossing 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-127.2 Improper crossing of bridge 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-128 Improper crossing of railroad grade crossing by certain vehicles 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-128.1 Improper passing of school bus 5
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-128.4 Improper passing of a frozen dessert truck 4
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-129 Leaving the scene of an accident No serious personal injury 2 Personal injury 8
• N.J.S.A. 39:4-144 Failure to observe "stop" or "yield" signs 2
• N.J.S.A. 39:5D-4 Moving violation Out-of-State 2

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
FIRST OFFENSE
Fine of $500.00 and, if that offense involves the operation of a motor vehicle during a period when the violator's driver's license is suspended for a violation of R.S.39:4-50 or section 2 of P.L.1981, c. 512 (C.39:4-50.4a), revocation of the violator's motor vehicle registration privilege in accordance with the provisions of sections 2 through 6 of P.L.1995, c. 286 (C.39:3-40.1 through C.39:3-40.5);

SECOND OFFENSE
Fine of $750.00, imprisonment in the county jail for not more than five days and, if the second offense involves the operation of a motor vehicle during a period when the violator's driver's license is suspended and that second offense occurs within five years of a conviction for that same offense, revocation of the violator's motor vehicle registration privilege in accordance with the provisions of sections 2 through 6 of P.L.1995, c. 286 (C.39:3-40.1 through C.39:3-40.5);

THIRD OFFENSE
Fine of $1,000.00, imprisonment in the county jail for 10 days and, if the third offense involves the operation of a motor vehicle during a period when the violator's driver's license is suspended and that third offense occurs within five years of a conviction for the same offense, revocation of the violator's motor vehicle registration privilege in accordance with the provisions of sections 2 through 6 of P.L.1995, c. 286 (C.39:3-40.1 through C.39:3-40.5);

DRIVER LICENSE SUSPENSION
Upon conviction, the court shall impose or extend a period of suspension not to exceed six months.

ADDITIONAL PENALTIES
ACCIDENT RESULTING IN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON
Upon conviction, the court shall impose a period of imprisonment for not less than 45 days, if while operating a vehicle in violation of this section a person is involved in an accident resulting in Serious personal injury to another person.

SUSPENSION FOR NO INSURANCE
Any person violating this section while under suspension issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1972, c. 197 (C.39:6B-2) {NO INSURANCE], upon conviction, shall be fined $500.00, shall have his license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for an additional period of not less than one year nor more than two years, and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 90 days.

SUSPENSION FOR DRUNK DRIVING
Any person violating this section under suspension issued pursuant to R.S.39:4-50, section 2 of P.L.1981, c. 512 (C.39:4-50.4a) or P.L.1982, c. 85 (C.39:5-30a et seq.){DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL}, shall be fined $500, shall have his license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for an additional period of not less than one year or more than two years, and shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than 10 days or more than 90 days.

DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED IN SCHOOL ZONE
Any person operating a motor vehicle while in violation of paragraph (2) of this subsection while: a) on any school property used for school purposes which is owned by or leased to any elementary or secondary school or school board, or within 1,000 feet of such school property; (b) driving through a school crossing as defined in R.S.39:1-1 if the municipality, by ordinance or resolution, has designated the school crossing as such; or (c) driving through a school crossing as defined in R.S.39:1-1 knowing that juveniles are present if the municipality has not designated the school crossing as such by ordinance or resolution. Shall have his license to operate a motor vehicle suspended for an additional period of not less than one year or more than two years, which period shall commence upon the completion of any prison sentence imposed upon that person, shall be fined $500 and shall be imprisoned for a period of 60 to 90 days for a first offense, imprisoned for a period of 120 to 150 days for a second offense, and imprisoned for 180 days for a third or subsequent offense, for operating a motor vehicle while in violation of paragraph (2) of this subsection.

DRIVING WITH NO LIABILITY INSURANCE
FIRST OFFENSE
Fine not less than $300 fine or more than $1000, community service to be determined by the Court, and suspension of driving privileges for a period of one year from the date of conviction.
SECOND OFFENSE
Fine of up to $5000, a mandatory jail sentence of 14 days, 30 days of community service and drivers license must be suspended for two years.