Traffic Ticket FAQs

Yes, a speeding ticket can cause you to lose your driving privileges in Texas.  Depending on what is already on your record at the time the ticket is issued and becomes a conviction, The Department of Public Safety in Texas can initiate a suspension action against your driving privileges if you are considered a habitual…

Yes, Texas can and will suspend your license for a no insurance ticket that becomes a conviction on your driving record.  This suspension will remain in place until The Department of Public Safety receives proof of SR-22 insurance showing that the convicted driver now has current coverage.  The cost of purchasing this type of insurance…

A hold is caused by the city or county reporting your traffic ticket as being past due.  The only way to safely remove the hold without causing damage to your driving record is to first have a lawyer post an appearance bond with the court where the citation is located.  Second, an OMNI fee must…

You should never just pay the ticket off at the court to remove a warrant.  This causes an automatic reporting of a conviction on your record for the traffic offense that paid.  You should always hire an attorney to first post an appearance bond to remove the warrant.  Thereafter, they can attend a new court…

The cost depends on the number of offenses, whether the offenses are in warrant, if the offenses have a hold on your driving privileges and if the citations were issued to a commercial driver.  The cost of attorney’s fees is relatively low compared to other areas of law.  For example, one speeding ticket that is…

The answer is maybe.  A lawyer’s main goal is to protect a person’s driving record.  If the evidence shows that a person is guilty of a traffic related offense and the prosecutor can prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, then a lawyer must negotiate a deal with the prosecutor to not have that offense…

The answer is no.  The reason for this is due to circumstances that are beyond the control of the lawyer.  For example, if you have been charged with a high-speed case like a 100 mile per hour in a 60 mile per hour zone, then this can make a defense lawyer’s job exponentially harder based…

The attorney’s fee charged in the beginning will normally only cover one or two pretrial hearings.  Attorneys try to keep their fees low in this area of law to allow citizens to use their services.  However, this means that the lawyer has to be efficient with the time spent on each individual case.  If cases…

This is the least effective way to remove a hold on your driver license because every ticket paid will cause a permanent conviction on your driving record.  These convictions can then cause another suspension of your driving privileges.  There are many people who do pay their tickets off in this way only to find that…

The Texas legislature has categorized commercial drivers as owing a higher duty to persons on the roadways.  Therefore, deferred adjudication and driver safety are not allowed to be offered by law to those types of drivers.  This is why it is important to consult a lawyer in the area where the ticket was issued for…