In Southampton, most speeding tickets are sent to either the Southampton Town Court at 116 Hampton Rd. Others will end up at the Southampton Village court at 151 Windmill Lane. All speeding tickets carry points. Some carry automatic license suspensions by the department of motor vehicles, while with others, the decision whether to suspend the license is left to discretion of the court.

Basically, you do not want to be convicted of a speeding ticket. All Speeding convictions are problematic. First, they tend to carry a lot of points on your license. For instance, a speeding ticket of 76 mph in a 55 mph zone carries 6 points by itself. Higher speed categories carry higher points. If you were to plead guilty to a 76mph in a 55mph zone, aside from the fine and surcharge that the court would impose, NYS DMV would assess an additional penalty called a Driver Responsibility Assessment Fee of at least $300, payable over 3 years. The assessment fee rises with the number of points on your license. If you are convicted of 3 speeding tickets that occurred within an 18 month period, you will loose your New York drivers license for 6 months. Also speeding convictions lead to higher insurance premiums.

While the ultimate outcome of your speeding ticket will depend on a variety of factors, our goal at the Law Office of Gary S. Miller is to have your speeding ticket dismissed or reduced to a zero point nonmoving violation. We are proud of our accomplishments and the results that we have been able to obtain for our clients.

Southampton Speeding tickets handled by this law office can often be reduced to a lesser violation, (preferably a non speeding ticket) or dismissed altogether. The resolution depends on a number of factors, one of which is the court that the speeding ticket is returnable to. The reason is that each court has their own rules and guidelines when it comes to the way speeding tickets and traffic tickets are handled. Consequently each court has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Most Southampton Speeding tickets are returnable to the Southampton Town Court at 116 Hampton Road, however some will be returnable to the Southampton Village Court at 151 Windmill Lane, depending on where the alleged speed took place. As your attorney, my goal is to get the ticket thrown out, or to attempt to obtain a substantial reduction, to the extent that the ticket carries no points, (0) points on your license.

• 3 points ----- 1 to 10 mph over limit
• 4 points ---- 11 to 20 mph over limit
• 6 points ---- 21 to 30 mph over limit
• 8 points ---- 31 to 40 mph over limit
• 11 points ---- over 40 mph over limit

In addition to the points, fines, surcharges and insurance increases that result from a speeding ticket conviction, the NYS DMV will also assess a driver assessment fee of $300 for those who receive 6 points on their license within an 18 month period (total of $300 payable over 3 years) and an additional $25 per point to be paid for 3 years for each point thereafter.

This will appear as a separate bill from the DMV, and would apply to anyone who pleads guilty to a 6 point speeding ticket, or to anyone who already has points on his or her license within the past 18 months and then is convicted of a speeding ticket with a total point accumulation over the past 18 months of 6 or more points.

"Please do not plead guilty to your Southampton Ticket without first consulting with me"