Absolute Speed Limit Violation
Absolute Speed Limit Violation is the speed over the designated limit.

Appeal
An appeal is petitioning a higher court to change or reverse the decisions made against you. The higher court can accept your appeal and agree to reevaluate the case, or your request can be denied.

 Attorney
Also, know as a lawyer is a person authorized to act and argue on your behalf in a court of law.

Basic Speeding Violation
Basic speeding violations dictate that a law enforcement officer can write a ticket if they deem a motorist to be driving too fast for current driving conditions, even if they are driving at or below the posted speed.

Citation
A citation is a recorded violation written by a law enforcement officer in documenting laws that have been broken and are referred to as a traffic ticket. A citation could require fine be paid, to take a traffic school course or appear in court.

 Contest
To contest is to formally argue oppose or oppose someone or something by taking legal action.

Court
A court is a government institution, with authority to decide legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in criminal, civil, and administrative matters by the rule of law.
Most counties have traffic courts that oversee traffic-related cases.

Dash Cam
A dash cam recorder is a video camera, mounted on the dashboard of police cars and many commercial and private vehicles. The public can request the footage collected in traffic stops, should you want to contest a charge.

 Defendant

A defendant is someone accused of legal violations and therefore is facing charges in court.

Dismissal
In court, if the judge decides to throw out some or all charges brought against you, then they are granting you a dismissal.

 DUI/DWI

DUI Driving under the influence and DWI driving while impaired are criminal charges related to using drugs, being under the influence of drugs or drinking while driving or operating a vehicle.

Failure to Appear
A failure to appear in Court charge is issued after you have signed a traffic ticket stating you will appear in court and you do not show up to court at your assigned time and date. Failure to appear at your appointed court time may result in an arrest warrant being issued or your license being suspended.

Felony
A felony offense is the most serious crime and is punishable by lengthy prison time or even death. A traffic violation could be considered a felony crime if another person was killed or seriously harmed in a driving-related incident.

Fight
To fight a charge is to legally challenge or contest a charge, aiming to prove the invalidity and unfairness of the violation or the evidence against you.

Infraction
An infraction is a minor criminal offense that usually does not usually require a court date, but could require payment of a fine or taking a traffic safety course.

 Lawyer

A lawyer is an authorized entity who argues for and defends a case in a court of law.

Misdemeanor
A misdemeanor is a classification of crime that is punishable by incarceration and requires a court appearance.

Moving Violation
Moving violations are traffic laws broken while your vehicle is in motion.

Non-Moving Violation
Non-moving violations apply to violations that do not concern your vehicle’s movement such as parking violations.

 Plaintiff

The person, company or legal agency filing charges and seeking repairs against someone else is considered to be the plaintiff.

Points
Driver records points are units of measure that track the severity and accumulation of traffic offenses on your record. Different traffic violations receive different point values.

 Reasonable Suspicion

Reasonable suspicion outlines a set of mitigating circumstances that might lead a police officer to briefly pull you over, but not conduct a lengthy, interrogation or search.

Reckless Driving
Reckless driving is the disregard for safety by not following the traffic laws and looking out for other people’s safety on the road.

Red Light Violation
Failure to stop at a red light occurs when the wheels of your vehicle pass over an intersection’s boundary line once the signal has already turned red.

Speeding Violation
Speeding violations are driving over or under the posted speed minimum and limits or driving at a speed that is not safe for weather conditions even if you are traveling slower than the posted speed.

Strict Liability Offenses
Strict liability offenses are traffic law violations that do not require proof of criminal intent to result in a conviction.

Traffic
Traffic includes vehicles sharing the road for travel. Pedestrians, public transit, bicyclists, and cars.

Traffic Camera
Traffic cameras are pieces of law-enforcement equipment used to capture pictures of vehicles that have violated traffic laws. Cameras can be used to ticket those who’ve gone over the speed limit or run red lights.

Traffic Court
Traffic court is the part of the court system that is the legal entity responsible for the overseeing and prosecuting of traffic law violations.

 Traffic Laws

Traffic laws are the regulations and rules put in place by the state or local Government that governs how people must use public roads and operate their modes of transportation.

Traffic School
Traffic school is a driver education course sometimes required as the result of some traffic convictions. Traffic school is sometimes offered to drop or reduce traffic fines and offenses on your record. Offen referred to as Defensive Driving courses; courses are usually provided on-line and take a few hours to complete

Traffic Ticket
A citation was written by a law enforcement officer in regards to the traffic laws that have been broken.

 Traffic Violation

Traffic violations occur when you ignore or break the traffic laws. Operating a motor vehicle without a license, lane violations, speeding, failure to yield, running a red light, Failure to maintain a lane are examples of traffic Violations.

Speed Limit
Speed limits are used to set the maximum speed at which road vehicles may legally travel on particular stretches of road.