South Carolina Speed Trap
Traffic Ticket Information and Help
"Know Your Rights Before You Pay a Ticket!"
"Know Your Rights Before You Pay a Ticket!"
Thank you for visiting SouthCarolinaSpeedTrap.com. Find out if we can help, BEFORE you pay a ticket!
Thank you for visiting SouthCarolinaSpeedTrap.com. My name is Bill Gorski. I am a lawyer, admitted to practice law in EVERY Traffic Court in South Carolina. I established this website to help you with your ticket. If you received a traffic ticket in South Carolina, then you are in the right place!
F.A.Q.s for Out-of-State Drivers
If you received one of these, while driving in South Carolina:
Here are a few questions you may have:
I am from North Carolina. I received a speeding ticket for going more than 75 in South Carolina. Will my license be suspended?
If you have a N.C. Driver's License, the North Carolina D.M.V. has the authority to suspend your license if you receive a ticket for speeding more than 75 miles per hour. It is very important to do something about your ticket BEFORE your court date.
I already paid my ticket. Now I just found out that my North Carolina Driver's License has been suspended! Is there anything I can do now?
If you received a letter like this:
You need to do something about it NOW! Sometimes a speeding ticket can be "re-opened." But there are a lot of technical requirements involved in this process. Usually, only an attorney can help you with this process. It is very important that you contact an attorney immediately upon finding out that your license has been suspended. If you wait too long, it will become less likely that anything can be done to help you. Many times, the letter from the D.M.V. will tell you that your license is going to be suspended on a future date. Your best bet is to contact a North Carolina attorney and an attorney from the state where you received the ticket. The North Carolina lawyer can sometimes postpone the suspension, while the lawyer in the ticket-issuing state tries to re-open the ticket.
Can I get "Prayer for Judgment" for my ticket? Can I get "supervision" or "probation" for my ticket?
Not in South Carolina. Our state does not have "prayer for judgment," or any other procedure that will "suspend" the speeding charges, or "make them go away." Many other states have procedures that will make a speeding ticket "go away." North Carolina has a procedure called "Prayer for Judgment." Illinois, Georgia, Florida and New York all have various forms of "supervision" or "probation" which will allow a driver to dispose of a speeding ticket if the driver pays a "supervision" fee and then drives a certain period of time (for instance, 1 year) without getting another ticket. South Carolina has none of these procedures. Your insurance company will find out about your speeding ticket in South Carolina if you are convicted.
I received a speeding ticket, and I have a C.D.L. Can you help me?
Yes. Call me Toll Free at 1-888-356-8441. As you know, it is very bad to get a speeding ticket on your Commercial Driver's License. If your C.D.L. is suspended or revoked, you will loose your job! EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT! We need to talk. Call me for a "no obligation" objective analysis of your situation. Visit the C.D.L. page for more information.
What are my rights in Traffic Court?
You have the same rights in a South Carolina Traffic Court that you have in a South Carolina Criminal Court. You have the right to a jury trial. You have the right to be represented by an attorney. Sometimes it is advantageous to be represented by an attorney in Traffic Court.
Can you handle my case without me coming back to South Carolina?
Yes. If you hire me, you will NOT have to come back to South Carolina. Please call my office TOLL FREE at 1-888-356-8441, and I will discuss your case with you. No charge. No obligation. I will even pay for the phone call!
Which Traffic Courts do you go to?
I am licensed to practice law in EVERY Traffic Court in the state of South Carolina. I have been representing out-of-state drivers in South Carolina Traffic Courts for more than 12 years. I tend to represent out-of-state drivers in the Traffic Courts near the interstates; however, I have been in front of Judges in Traffic Court in most of the counties in South Carolina, including: Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, and York.
How much is your fee?
Every case is different. I will quote you a flat fee after I have personally discussed your case with you. Most of my traffic ticket clients are out-of-state drivers, so, most of the time, we do all our talking over the phone (call me Toll Free at 1-888-356-8441).
Speeding Tickets are usually $500.
A Motion to Re-Open is usually $1,500.
More serious tickets are charged more. After we have agreed on a fee, I will send you written confirmation of our agreement. Before I begin work on any case, payment is expected, in full. Our office accepts Visa and MasterCard, over the phone.
F.A.Q.s for Out-of-State Drivers
If you received one of these, while driving in South Carolina:
Here are a few questions you may have:
I am from North Carolina. I received a speeding ticket for going more than 75 in South Carolina. Will my license be suspended?
If you have a N.C. Driver's License, the North Carolina D.M.V. has the authority to suspend your license if you receive a ticket for speeding more than 75 miles per hour. It is very important to do something about your ticket BEFORE your court date.
I already paid my ticket. Now I just found out that my North Carolina Driver's License has been suspended! Is there anything I can do now?
If you received a letter like this:
You need to do something about it NOW! Sometimes a speeding ticket can be "re-opened." But there are a lot of technical requirements involved in this process. Usually, only an attorney can help you with this process. It is very important that you contact an attorney immediately upon finding out that your license has been suspended. If you wait too long, it will become less likely that anything can be done to help you. Many times, the letter from the D.M.V. will tell you that your license is going to be suspended on a future date. Your best bet is to contact a North Carolina attorney and an attorney from the state where you received the ticket. The North Carolina lawyer can sometimes postpone the suspension, while the lawyer in the ticket-issuing state tries to re-open the ticket.
Can I get "Prayer for Judgment" for my ticket? Can I get "supervision" or "probation" for my ticket?
Not in South Carolina. Our state does not have "prayer for judgment," or any other procedure that will "suspend" the speeding charges, or "make them go away." Many other states have procedures that will make a speeding ticket "go away." North Carolina has a procedure called "Prayer for Judgment." Illinois, Georgia, Florida and New York all have various forms of "supervision" or "probation" which will allow a driver to dispose of a speeding ticket if the driver pays a "supervision" fee and then drives a certain period of time (for instance, 1 year) without getting another ticket. South Carolina has none of these procedures. Your insurance company will find out about your speeding ticket in South Carolina if you are convicted.
I received a speeding ticket, and I have a C.D.L. Can you help me?
Yes. Call me Toll Free at 1-888-356-8441. As you know, it is very bad to get a speeding ticket on your Commercial Driver's License. If your C.D.L. is suspended or revoked, you will loose your job! EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT! We need to talk. Call me for a "no obligation" objective analysis of your situation. Visit the C.D.L. page for more information.
What are my rights in Traffic Court?
You have the same rights in a South Carolina Traffic Court that you have in a South Carolina Criminal Court. You have the right to a jury trial. You have the right to be represented by an attorney. Sometimes it is advantageous to be represented by an attorney in Traffic Court.
Can you handle my case without me coming back to South Carolina?
Yes. If you hire me, you will NOT have to come back to South Carolina. Please call my office TOLL FREE at 1-888-356-8441, and I will discuss your case with you. No charge. No obligation. I will even pay for the phone call!
Which Traffic Courts do you go to?
I am licensed to practice law in EVERY Traffic Court in the state of South Carolina. I have been representing out-of-state drivers in South Carolina Traffic Courts for more than 12 years. I tend to represent out-of-state drivers in the Traffic Courts near the interstates; however, I have been in front of Judges in Traffic Court in most of the counties in South Carolina, including: Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenville, Kershaw, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, and York.
How much is your fee?
Every case is different. I will quote you a flat fee after I have personally discussed your case with you. Most of my traffic ticket clients are out-of-state drivers, so, most of the time, we do all our talking over the phone (call me Toll Free at 1-888-356-8441).
Speeding Tickets are usually $500.
A Motion to Re-Open is usually $1,500.
More serious tickets are charged more. After we have agreed on a fee, I will send you written confirmation of our agreement. Before I begin work on any case, payment is expected, in full. Our office accepts Visa and MasterCard, over the phone.
