Traffic Ticket Lawyer, Lacey Township NJ

It is four points if the summons cites improper passing under N.J.S.A. 39:4-85, which covers passing on the right or off the roadway. The statute does allow a driver to pass on the right of a vehicle that is making a left turn, but not by leaving the main traveled part of the road, so these cases turn on exactly where your wheels were and what the pavement looks like at that spot. Photographs of the location and the patrol video matter more than anyone's memory. Send us the summons before you pay anything, because paying is a guilty plea to all four points.

Not from this ticket alone in the ordinary case: fifteen to twenty-nine miles an hour over the limit is a four-point offense under N.J.S.A. 39:4-98, and the Motor Vehicle Commission suspends at twelve points. The nearer problem is six points within three years, which brings an annual surcharge, plus the insurance increase that follows a four-point conviction. One to fourteen over is two points and thirty or more over is five, so the number written on the summons matters, and so do the calibration and training records behind the reading. Call us before the court date and we will check your abstract and the device records.

Yes, Forked River is where it is heard. The Township of Ocean, which includes Waretown, closed its own courthouse, and its cases are now handled at 818 Lacey Road, Forked River, NJ 08731, reached at (609) 693-1100. Ocean Township matters are listed on the first and third Tuesday of the month, some by Zoom and some in the courtroom, and your notice says which yours is. A driver who still goes to the old Waretown building on the court date loses the trip, and the court records the absence as a failure to appear. Send us the summons and we will confirm which list it is on before you take a day off work.

Lacey Township Municipal Court holds some of its sessions on Zoom and some in the courtroom, and the notice it sends you states your date, your time and which kind yours is. Tuesday is the court's session day, but the date and format that count are the ones printed on your own notice. A virtual session requires pre-registration through the court's web page. The court office at 818 Lacey Road, Forked River, can be reached at (609) 693-1100. A Zoom date is still a court date, and missing it can lead to a license suspension or a warrant. For most ordinary tickets a lawyer's appearance can stand in for yours, so you may never need to log on at all.

Two points, under N.J.S.A. 39:4-36, the statute that requires a driver to stop and stay stopped for a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk. Route 9 through Forked River and Lanoka Harbor is a business street that people cross on foot between shops and parking lots, and a driver watching the oncoming line for a gap can miss someone who has already stepped off the curb. These cases depend on distances and timing: where the person was when you reached the crosswalk, what the signs and markings look like, and what the patrol video shows. Two points also count toward the six-point surcharge level. Send us the summons and photographs of the crosswalk before you pay.