Keep Your Driving Record Clean In Irving
Keep Your Driving Record Clean In Irving
The Beltz Law Firm
214-321-4105
Driving Record Lawyer Irving
Tickets! They suck! Especially when you cannot afford to get them. Or, when you cannot afford a conviction on your record. In Irving, a traffic ticket can cost you in more ways than you think. But, if your goal is to keep your driving record clear of convictions, its not an impossibility in Irving.
If you are NOT a commercial drivers license (CDL) holder, you have more options to keep your driving record clean after you have received a traffic ticket in Irving.
To keep your driving record clear of convictions you must be able to fulfill certain obligations or present a strong case of your innocence (lets be honest, in Irving, you are guilty until proven innocent). Defensive driving is an option. Unfortunately, defensive driving has more disadvantages than advantages. For example, you pay almost as must for the court costs, class, and driving record as you would if you had opted to take a deferred probation. You can only use the defensive driving class once in any 12 month period. If successful, the charge is dismissed but is shows up on your driving record as a dismissal because you took a defensive driving course. Whereas, if you took deferred probation only, you would have nothing on your record at all. The course is long and you are still expected to not receive any new tickets just like in a deferred probation.
Deferred probation, or deferred adjudication, is an option if you qualify. You will have to pay a deferred fee, which we negotiate for you as low as possible and get you time to pay. You will have to be a good driver for a period of time. And, well, that’s about it. If you are under 25 years old, state law requires that you take defensive driving as a condition of your deferred adjudication. Other than that, you need not do anything have your case dismissed.
Jeffrey J Beltz
You could go to trial. This can be costly (not only will you pay attorney’s fees, but may have to pay higher fines and court costs). This is time consuming. A trial before the judge can take up to half a day while a trial before a jury could take all day. You have no guarantee of a dismissal and it is much more difficult to have your case dismissed at trial than through a deferred adjudication.
You could wave a magic wand and make it all just go away (Please let us know if you find a magic wand. It would make our job alot easier!)
