Legal Question in Traffic Law in Virginia

Re: Failure to obey a highway sign

Often times people don't hire attorneys in cases that involve simple traffic charges because the costs are too high. The DMV can assess points for moving violations and those points range between 6 and 3 demerit points. The officer/deputy/trooper my have cited you for failure to obey a highway sign for any number of reasons. There may be a more appropriate charge given your specific facts and the prosecutor could amend the ticket on your day of trial to reflect those charges. A risk would be that he amends the ticket and the facts support a charge that carries additional demerit points. For example failure to give a proper signal which is a reckless driving misdemeanor charge and is a 6 point violation). Often time client's hire and pay me to try and keep points off thier license because they can justify paying my fees when they factor in the insurance premiums they would save. For example if this charge was amended to failure to obey a highway sign while at rest then there would be no demerrit points associated with the charge. Feel free to contact my office to discuss this matter further.

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