Traffic Tickets

Contesting Speeding Tickets in North Carolina

Virtually everyone has received a traffic or speeding ticket at some point, and our first reaction is usually disgust and anger. Our second reaction is typically resignation—it is so much of a hassle to take a day off from work and challenge the ticket in court. You will probably spend most of the day waiting around, wasting your time, and then the judge will find you guilty—or, at best, knock a few dollars off of your ticket. Right?

Do Not Just Pay That Speeding Ticket!

Did you know that less than 5% of Americans challenge traffic tickets? Even though speeding tickets and traffic citations cost hundreds of dollars in obvious, up-front costs—and even more in insurance premium increases and points to your license—most people think it’s a “waste of time” to contest them. It’s not.

Contact traffic and speeding ticket defense attorney R. Michelle Sparrow Firm in Raleigh to see how easy and cost-effective it is to have a lawyer to challenge your North Carolina speeding ticket or moving violation.

Why It Is Worth It to Contest Speeding Tickets

North Carolina traffic violations are expensive—probably more costly than you realize. In addition to the average $100-150 of the ticket itself, your ticket costs you hundreds, even thousands of dollars more in insurance premiums.

Take this simple example: Assume this is your first offense, and the traffic offense you are charged with is Speeding—Less than 50 MPH. If your annual insurance premium were $1,500, an average amount your insurance company might raise your premium is $375 per year for three years. That’s an extra cost to you—after a single, relatively minor speeding ticket—of $1,125.

At the Sparrow Law Firm in Raleigh, I am committed to helping people contest traffic tickets. Remember—this is a criminal charge, and you are innocent until proven guilty. It is the State’s job to prove you are guilty—do not do it for them!

Paying your traffic citation through the mail is a guilty plea. Pleading guilty means you will be fined the maximum amount allowed by law. If you plead not guilty—and ask for a court date—you stand a very good chance of reducing your fine, reducing the points on your license, and protecting yourself from skyrocketing insurance rates. Cases are often dismissed.

In many cases, I can appear on your behalf so you do not even have to miss work! Contact me , traffic violation contest attorney R. Michelle Sparrow, to discuss contesting your speeding ticket in North Carolina. I represent clients cited with any North Carolina traffic offense: