Getting points on your license can threaten your driving privileges and cause your insurance rates to increase. At the Law Offices of Hasti Danesvhar , we handle all types of traffic violations so you aren't faced with heavy penalties. The Law Offices of Hasti Daneshvar can assist you with your Traffic Tickets or Traffic Violations including-
- Speeding Tickets
- Red Light Camera Tickets
- Radar Tickets
- License Suspensions
- Drunk Driving DUI / DWI
- Failure to Appear (FTA)
- DMV Hearings
Speeding Tickets
To successfully fight speeding tickets for speed violations of VC 22350, VC 22349 VC 22356 and VC 22406, a comprehensive knowledge of the California vehicle code, operating procedures and standards as well as speed radar, lidar and laser operation are vital.
Our traffic ticket attorneys will review the reasons and conditions the officer listed for issuing you a speeding. We will then prepare a speeding ticket defense that specifically points out the questionable issues to get the speeding ticket dismissed in traffic court.
Red Light Camera Tickets
Each year, thousands of legally innocent people have been falsely accused by red light cameras. Just because a red light camera takes a picture of you or someone else allegedly running a red light or speeding in your car does NOT mean that you are legally guilty or civilly liable. There are a multitude of factors and conditions that affect the accuracy of a computer’s accusations against us. Red light cameras are pieces of equipment that are vulnerable to glitches and computer programming problems. When a picture taken or video recorded by a red light camera is the only means by which to prove that a motorist violated a traffic law, the possibility that the red light camera malfunctioned always exists. The Law Offices of Hasti Daneshvar can help motorists fight to have their traffic citation dismissed.
Suspended Driver’s License and DMV Hearings
Unfortunately, multiple traffic violations and/or DUIs may result in suspension of your California driver's license. Drunk driving, refusing to submit a blood alcohol test for a DUI offense, having an outstanding California warrant like FTA, speeding ticket, reckless driving, leaving the scene of accident, not having car insurance, having too many points on your license, failure to pay your fines, failure to file an accident report, fleeing an officer and failure to appear in court are some of the actions that can end in a suspended driver’s license in California. There are other reasons for a suspended driver's license that are unrelated to driving, such as failure to pay child support, vandalism and possession of drugs.
Once your California driver's license is suspended, you receive a temporary license for 30 days. You have the first ten days after the suspension to request a DMV hearing regarding your case.
Driving under a suspended driver's license constitutes a misdemeanour and must be avoided at all costs. It may result in being arrested, handcuffed and sent to jail. You may be forced to post bail to get out of jail and will be subjected to heavy fines, even up to $1000. If the violation happens for the second time, you not only have to go through the previous process and pay the fines, but your vehicle will be impounded for 30 days and then sold. You have to pay the fees for towing and storage and you may be jailed again.
Suspension of driver's license in California will last for six months and the driver is put on probation for one year. These punishments can get extended to respectively another six months and one more year if any violation occurs during the probation or the driver is involved in any car accident, regardless of who is at fault.
That is why it is imperative that you hire an attorney to get you your license back. The Law Offices of Hasti Daneshvar can represent you in a California DMV hearing.
DUI
DUI cases are deceptively complex. Thus, a successful defense hinges upon understanding the science behind blood, breath, and urine testing; understanding police procedures; and mastering constitutional law. That is why at we at The Law Offices of Hasit Daneshvar cannot recommend strongly enough that you hire a qualified attorney to help you through this troubled time in your life.
When charged with a DUI you will face prosecution from both the DMV administrative system and the court system. You need an attorney who is skilled at handling both. DUIs can result it in a multitude of possible ramifications, including but not limited to fines, jail time, or probation, to the ever far reaching career consequences of losing your license.
Our firm represents clients in all DUI cases, including:
- First, second, third, and fourth DUI charges
- Aggravated DUI
- DUI with injuries
- Vehicular homicide
- Hit-and-run accidents
- Breath and blood test refusals
- Driver's license suspension and restoration
One charged with a DUI will face a mind boggling legal process where many of the normal constitutional protections have been stripped away in favor of political grandstanding. Moreover, a DUI defendant must deal with experienced and overly aggressive prosecutors. The DMV hearing is designed to favor the police officer’s testimony, and begins with a presumption of guilt.
Finally, you will find a sea of defense attorneys charging bargain basement rates. The old adage that you get what you pay for rings true in a DUI case more so than anywhere else. This is not the time to hire one who merely dabbles in the field. The Law Offices of Hasti Daneshvar spends countless hours studying the latest trends in DUI defense from colleagues, Supreme Court cases, and by attending seminars from the nation’s foremost experts. The Law Offices of Hasti Daneshvar is dedicated to turning the tables in a DUI case and ensuring the best chance for victory.
Failure to Appear Warrants (FTA)
For many traffic violations, once you are cited you are required to sign your ticket. Signing it does not mean you are accepting that you are guilty. It means that you are promising to appear in a court by a certain day and time. You may plead guilty and pay your fine, in which case there is no need to appear in the court any more. But if you plead not guilty, or take no action, you should appear in court. You may receive a courtesy note as to what you should do next or if the court time changes.
It is very important to keep that date and appear at court. If for any reason you forget to do so or are in court on a wrong day or time, or the notice from DMV gets lost in mail, you have failed to appear at court. Failure to appear in court in California for any reason, results in a California FTA warrant (failure to appear) issued in your name. Clearing a FTA warrant from your DMV record is a lengthy and difficult procedure. If you have a FTA warrant in your name and you get pulled over for any traffic violation, whether you are guilty or not, you will be arrested and taken to jail immediately.
FTA's are considered misdemeanors. These warrants will appear on any background check. The points of a FTA warrant remain on your record for at least 5 years. If the warrant was issued due to failure to appear at court for a DUI offense, the points will be on your record for 10 years. This warrant will be active on your record until you appear in court. Needless to say the ramifications of an FTA do not end there. The Law Offices of Hasti Daneshvar can get your tickets for failure to appear dismissed, as well as getting rid of bench warrants for your arrest for failure to appear.
Traffic School
Vehicle Code section 41501 authorizes the court to give you "traffic school". You may attend traffic school by either going "in-person", "home study" or "via the internet". The court cannot refuse to give you "traffic school" solely for the reason that you have exercised your right to go to trial. Some judges erroneously tell people that, if the person exercises his/her right to a trial, the court will not let them go to traffic school. This is contrary to law. If that happens, please let me know. You can attend the traffic school class.
If you have not gone to a traffic school program within the past 18 months, you can attend an 8-hour traffic school. Your ticket will be dismissed. This dismissal is confidential. There will be NO point on your DMV record. Your automobile insurance company will not be able to raise your insurance rates based on that ticket.
If you have gone to a traffic school program within the past 18 months, the court can still authorize a 12-hour [second offender] traffic school. The importance of this 12-hour program is that there will be NO "point" for that ticket on your DMV record. But, on the other hand, the fact that you have gone to a 12-hour traffic school would be part of your "public" DMV record and your insurance company could become aware of it.
