Traffic index
Find pages and step-by-step guides to help with traffic tickets.
Start here
Overview of traffic tickets and what your options are.
After you get a ticket
If you can’t afford your traffic ticket fine
Learn how to ask the court to lower your fine, make payments, or do community service.
Steps to take if you got a ticket for something you can fix, like a broken light.
Hide a point on your record
See if you qualify for traffic school to hide a point on your driving record.
Fight your ticket
Send in a written statement instead of going to court.
Go to court and talk to a judge to fight your ticket.
After your trial
Appeal a traffic ticket decision
Ask a higher court to review the judge’s decision if you think there was a legal mistake.