Legal Question in Traffic Law in Washington

I have a speeding ticet that is on 'probation' with Spokane County in WA. That ticket was deserved, and I requested a mitigation hearing to recieve the reduced fine and probation, contingent upon no further violations for a year.

I just recieved a truly bogus ticket for 5 miles over the limit while trying to navigate my way through detours in an area I am unfamiliar with, from an officer who was less than polite, to put it mildly.

Both tickets were received against my AR driver's license, which will be replaced by a WA driver's license tomorrow.

I intend to take the second violation to court and plead to have it thrown out, but I am curious as to the relationship of the driving record(s) and how the WA offenses on my AR license may or may not impact my WA record. Should I wait until after the court hearing to get the new license, or do it immediately before this ticket even have time to post?


Asked on 7/19/10, 3:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jahnis Abelite ABELITE LAW OFFICES, P.S.

It depends. Both WA and AR are signatories to the Interstate Compact on Driver's Licenses and will report to each other any tickets that a driver receives to the home state where the driver is licensed. If you intend to "plead" the second ticket, I am assuming that you want to contest it. You will not be successful unless you know how to keep it off of your record. It sounds like you entered into a deferred finding which requires you to maintain good driving for a year. If you are not successful in "pleading to have it thrown out", you will have the second ticket on your record as well as the earlier one from Spokane. You need to get a competent and experienced traffic lawyer to try and keep that second ticket off of your record. Contact me if you like to discuss your case and options. Good Luck!

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Answered on 7/21/10, 11:17 pm


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