This article is about work zone speeding tickets issued by a police officer at a traffic stop. If you received a ticket in the mail from a camera, the below does not apply.
One of the most serious tickets you can get in New York State is Speeding in a Work Zone. Regular speeding tickets alone are costly. Work zone speeding tickets carry double fines, and it can cause astronomical increases in insurance rates. If you are convicted of two work zone speeding violations, your license will be suspended for 60 days. VTL 510(2)(b)(xiii). The strange thing about this rule is that there is no time-limit to the convictions. This means if you get one work zone speeding ticket when you are 20 years old and then another one when you are 80 years old, you will get suspended. A regular speeding conviction will come off your record after 3-4 years. A work zone speeding ticket will never come off.
The relevant wording of the sub-statute for VTL 1180(f) is as follows:
Except as provided in subdivision (g) of this section and except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with subdivision (a) or (e) of this section or when a lower maximum speed limit has been established, no person shall drive a vehicle through a highway construction or maintenance work area at a speed in excess of the posted work area speed limit. The agency having jurisdiction over the affected street or highway may establish work area speed limits which are less than the normally posted speed limits; provided, however, that such normally posted speed limit may exceed the work area speed limit by no more than twenty miles per hour; and provided further that no such work area speed limit may be established at less than twenty-five miles per hour.
Due to the severe consequences of a work zone speeding ticket conviction, it is imperative that such charges be disputed. It does not matter if you were in fact speeding. Pleading Not Guilty does not mean you are claiming that you were not speeding. It just means you are claiming your Constitutional rights and requiring the officer to prove the charges. You can retain a traffic ticket law firm to fight the ticket. Your attorney can go to court in your place. A seasoned lawyer with traffic law experience is in the best position to get the best possible result.
The Benjamin Goldman Law Office is a New York State traffic ticket defense firm. We litigate all types of traffic related charges throughout the state. Our firm has seen particular success fighting work zone speeding charges. Attorneys from our firm have successfully gotten such charges reduced or dismissed in many courts including but not limited to Schenectady, Nichols, Colonie, Clinton, Deposit, Westport, Rye, Cornwall, Putnam Valley, and Salina. To find out more, feel free to contact us. We can be reached with a phone call or via text message and email. The Benjamin Goldman Law Office provides all motorists with a complimentary consultation.
If you were injured by a motorist who was speeding in a work zone, you can contact the Sternberg Injury Law Firm and they can advise you of your options
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