If you receive a traffic ticket and fail to appear (FTA) in court, a bench warrant will be issued. On top of this warrant, the court can also authorize a fee you have to pay as an additional penalty. But what happens if you aren’t aware you have a traffic ticket? What do you do then? It’s hard to plead ignorance of most tickets since typically an officer will pull you over and hand it through the window. But some tickets, such as a camera-enforced red-light ticket, will go to your mailbox at home without you ever having contact with an officer. As a truck driver, you’re constantly on the road, so you don’t have the opportunity to check your mail as often as others. If you’re single and live alone, you may not have someone who can grab your mail and tell you about your traffic ticket. I Received a Camera- Enforced Red-Light Ticket and I Didn’t Know About It — What Now?
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Let’s say you’re out on the road most of the time and live alone. When you come home, you may decide to go through the sea of mail in your mailbox.
That’s when you notice you received a camera-
enforced red-light ticket in the mail and didn’t appear in court. Then you see an FTA notice advising that you could be found guilty and receive harsh penalties. At first, you may panic and wonder what your next steps should be. If the ticket was sent to you by accident and you weren’t the individual who ran the
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red light, you may decide to toss the notice in the trash. But that’s the last thing you want to do. Whether you were the one who ran the red light or not, the first thing you should do is contact a traffic attorney who can clear your FTA and resolve the red-light ticket with one flat fee. If you don’t seek assistance from an experienced traffic attorney, you risk having your license suspended because of the FTA. So, if you or someone you know is worried about their traffic citations and bench warrant, allow Bigger & Harman to assist you. We can appear in court on your behalf and fight for your rights so you can continue to drive.
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