Here's why you need a lawyer for traffic tickets
I'm one of those people who has a "guy" for everything. Got a leaky faucet? I gotta guy. Computer acting up and you've tried but can't fix it? I gotta guy. Car making a strange sound and you don't want to get screwed by just taking it anywhere? No worries, I gotta guy for that too.
Somehow, as I've lived my life, I've amassed quite a list of these "guys" that I know can fix any problem I've got. We all have special skills that we've accumulated over the years and as I get older, I realize instead of wasting my time trying to fix things that I have no business fixing, I should let a "pro" handle it. I'm always happier after the fact when the job was completed better than I could have done and by someone who knew what they were doing.
My time has a value, and when I get the right "guy" on the job, I always end up having more of my time to myself to do what I love. Which brings me to today's topic,
If you get a traffic ticket, do you have a "guy"?
I should probably follow that up by asking if you don't, "why not?"
Before you answer if you have a lawyer for traffic tickets, let me ask if you even know what's required before you can get a case dismissed at trial?
Just to get to a trial in traffic court in Florida, a person must go to court 3 different times, wait hours in court for their name to be called, drive back and forth each time, and probably miss time off from work, as well. You would think, after doing all that, you should be entitled to a dismissal. Is that the case? Hardly.
Just because I go to the hardware store and ask the man in the plumbing department what I need, and buy the tools and come home and start working, it doesn't always end up the way I imagine it. Fighting a traffic ticket is no different.
Something I always wonder when I'm sitting in court, watching people try and represent themselves is if these people ever considered getting a lawyer for traffic tickets or if they think they can just "talk their way out of it." Do I make it look that easy?
Because when I watch people struggle in court, there are ususally a variety of reasons, but they're mainly because they don't have the experience, knowledge, or training I accumulated for 17 years to fully understand how traffic court works and therefore, usually don't walk out with the best possible result.
By trying to save less than $100, most people end up spending far more than that in wasted time, wasted effort and worst of all, wasted money in the form of court costs that either could have been eliminated or reduced by hiring the right "guy." There are lawyers for traffic tickets, and you may want to consider one the next time you get a ticket. Then, if someone asks you if you know a lawer for traffic tickets, you too can tell someone, "I gotta guy for that."
