Traffic Offense Attorneys
A Florida traffic ticket is more than a fine. It's a guilty plea that adds points to your license, raises insurance rates, and can stack toward a suspension. Our traffic lawyers represent drivers across Volusia, Flagler, and Central Florida, from speeding and red-light citations to reckless driving and CDL cases.
Before you pay your traffic ticket, know what paying actually does: it closes the case as a conviction. The points hit your record, your insurance carrier sees it, and a future ticket lands you closer to a suspension. With offices in Daytona Beach, Port Orange, and DeLand, our traffic lawyers can often fight or negotiate citations to keep points (and the long-tail consequences) off your record. Call us at (386) 255-1400 before you mail in the citation.
Traffic violations we handle
How Florida's points system works
Florida law includes a traffic violation point system that can quickly turn a handful of minor traffic offenses into a suspended or revoked driver's license. If you are a resident of Daytona Beach or the surrounding areas and have received a traffic citation, you have options. We can help you protect your insurance premiums and save your license. Regardless of whether the alleged traffic offense occurred in Florida or another state, you are subject to the same number of points upon conviction. Even a simple speeding ticket will end up costing you more than the amount on the citation.
| Violation | Points |
|---|---|
| Leaving the scene of a crash (property damage > $50) | 6 |
| Speeding causing a crash | 6 |
| Reckless driving | 4 |
| Speeding 15+ mph over the limit | 4 |
| Passing a stopped school bus | 4 |
| Moving violation causing a crash | 4 |
| Speeding (less than 15 mph over) | 3 |
| Texting while driving† | 0 / 3 |
| Open container violation | 3 |
| All other moving violations | 3 |
† A first texting-while-driving offense is a nonmoving violation with no points. A second offense within five years is a 3-point moving violation under Fla. Stat. § 316.305 and § 322.27.
Per Fla. Stat. § 322.27(3)(d). Verify specific charges with the Florida Driver's Handbook or your attorney.
When points become a suspension
An accumulation of traffic violation points, even for minor offenses, can suspend your driver's license:
- 12 points within 12 months: license suspension for 30 days
- 18 points within 18 months: license suspension for 3 months
- 24 points within 36 months: license suspension for up to 12 months
A conviction also stays on your driving record for ten years, and your insurance carrier can raise rates on the strength of a single citation. Penalties for more serious criminal traffic offenses such as racing can cost you your license outright.
Florida traffic laws keep changing. Your defense should keep up.
Florida's traffic code is updated regularly, and a defense built on yesterday's rules can fall flat in today's courtroom. The clearest recent example came in 2019, when texting while driving became a primary offense. That means law enforcement can pull you over for it on its own, with no other violation needed. Hand-held device use is now also banned in school and construction zones. Court interpretations evolve too, and what worked as a defense on a 2018 citation may not work today. Working with a traffic lawyer who tracks these changes means you are not relying on outdated assumptions about what a citation does, or what defenses are available.
Protect your license. And your insurance rate.
A single conviction can move insurance for three years and points stay on your record for ten. The right approach to one ticket can keep both off the line.
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