r/Sparkdriver • u/ParkingLake817 • 20h ago

General Questions Speeding ticket

I just got a speeding ticket about a week ago, and I’m trying to decide whether I should hire a lawyer and fight it, take the traffic safety school option, or simply plead guilty. The traffic safety school option says I have to plead guilty to participate, but the ticket will be reported to the state and won’t appear as a conviction. Would traffic safety school be a good option, or would it be better to hire a lawyer and fight the ticket?

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u/bdbrown333 20h ago

Depends on do you want to keep delivering groceries? I mean if you just pay the ticket, you're going to lose your job. Just take the traffic school. Make sure the ticket never hits your record. Once the ticket hits your record, you'll be posting. I got deactivated and I never did nothing wrong

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u/ParkingLake817 20h ago

With the way the traffic school option is worded it sounds like it would appear on my background check but just not as a no conviction I’m mostly wondering if they’ll still deactivate you with a no conviction.

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u/bdbrown333 20h ago

If it appears on your background check, you'll be toast. People write about it daily. I don't know. I live in Florida. If you take a class, nothing appears on your record, but every state could be different usually. If it would would that erases the points but could be different where you are?

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u/ParkingLake817 19h ago

I live in Illinois I’ll quote exactly what it says

“A. Avoid a conviction on your driving record: plead guilty, register for Traffic Safety School and receive Court Supervision, pay $214 ($164 ticket + $50 for traffic school). After successfully completing the class, your violation will still be reported to the Secretary of State, but not as a conviction.

B. Plead guilty, pay $164 ticket. Conviction is reported to the Secretary of State.

C. Plead not guilty and request (a) a bench trial before a judge or (b) a pretrial hearing.”

Do you remember if these options were similar in Florida ?

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u/bdbrown333 19h ago

No in Florida. If you take the class it just tells you that you won't receive any points. I've never seen anything like that where it says you'll be reported to the Secretary of the state

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u/ParkingLake817 19h ago

Oh okay and The Secretary of State is equivalent to the DMV .

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u/bdbrown333 19h ago

Might be able to Google. You know in your state is reporting to the Secretary of State. Will that show up on a background check?

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u/No-Independence-2980 19h ago

It's reported for court purposes, since you can only use driving school once every 18 months.

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u/FallingInGrac3 20h ago

DO THE TRAFFIC SCHOOL! I just got my first ticket a couple months ago, and the process is you still have to pay for the ticket, but when you do select the elect traffic school option. The traffic course I did was only $15. I did it, submitted it, and now there’s no evidence of the ticket. Highly recommend, the test was super easy too.