Saratoga County, New York
Saratoga County is a county in New York State. It is located north of Albany and generally considered part of the Capital District region. The northern part of the county is within the Adirondacks and considered part of the North Country Region. Saratoga County covers eight hundred and forty-four square miles. It contains nineteen towns and two cities., the total population of the county is approximately 236,000. Saratoga County was formed in 1791. Its name is derived from the Iroquois language. In their tongue, ‘saratoga’ means ‘the hill beside the river’.
Traffic Tickets in Saratoga County
Most of the violations issued in Saratoga County come from the highways. The busiest is Interstate87. The I-87 (Adirondack Northway) runs between the Canadian border in the north and New York City in the south. It goes through Saratoga County in a north-south direction, passing through places like Saratoga Springs and Clifton Park. The interstate is patrolled exclusively by the New York State Police. The troopers cite motorists with a number of violations, like driving with a suspended license, tailgating, driving with broken headlights or taillights, and of course, speeding. The speed limit on I-87 is 65 miles per hour. Anyone issued a ticket for speeding will most likely be clocked in the 80 to 100 mile per hour range.
The local roads are monitored by local police in conjunction with the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department. Like the State Police, they issue tickets made answerable to many courts.
Benjamin Goldman Law Office P. C.
If you have been cited with a traffic infraction, you can choose to submit to the court a guilty or not guilty plea. If you wish to submit a not guilty plea it means the court will likely schedule a court date for you to come back and deal with the charges. The attorneys at the Benjamin Goldman Law Office can take care of this for you. We are a law firm that focuses on traffic ticket defense. We have been in operation since 2011 and have amassed a lot of experience in this practice area. Our firm has been helping ticketed drivers in Saratoga County for many years. The team at the Benjamin Goldman Law Office is ready, willing, and able to take on your case. A consultation with our firm is free of charge.