Fight Your North Carolina Speeding Ticket

If you are convicted of a North Carolina speeding ticket or certain other North Carolina motor vehicle violations, driver license points are placed against your driving record. Accumulation of points can lead to mandatory completion of a driving clinic, increased automobile insurance rates and suspension of your privilege to drive in North Carolina. Understanding what your options are and how to proceed is important for anyone looking to minimize the damage that a traffic ticket in North Carolina can cause.

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North Carolina Traffic Ticket Points

Point carrying violations in North Carolina include the following. This list does not include every point carrying violation—do not assume your violation falls into the “all other moving violations” category simply because it is not on this list. Please consult NCDOT for a complete list. Also note how certain violations carry more points if they are committed while driving a commercial vehicle in North Carolina.

Eight Points:

Passing a stopped school bus loading or unloading children (in a commercial vehicle)

Six Points:

Careless and Reckless driving in violation of G.S. 20-140(f) (in a commercial vehicle)
Speeding in violation of G. S. 20-141(j3) (in a commercial vehicle)
Aggressive Driving (in a commercial vehicle)

Five Points:

Passing a stopped school bus loading or unloading children
Aggressive driving
Reckless driving (in a commercial vehicle)
Following too closely (in a commercial vehicle)

Four Points:

Reckless driving
Following too closely
Illegal passing
Running through stop sign (in a commercial vehicle)
Speeding more than 55 mph (in a commercial vehicle)
Speeding through a school or safety zone (in a commercial vehicle)

Three Points:

Running through stop sign
Speeding more than 55 mph
Speeding through a school or safety zone
Running through a red light
No liability insurance
All other moving violations (in a commercial vehicle)

Two Points:

All other moving violations

North Carolina Suspended Driver License

In addition to criminal penalties that the court might mandate, conviction of certain traffic offenses will result in the loss of your driving privilege.

Your driving privilege will be revoked for at least 30 days if you are convicted of:

Driving any vehicle more than 15 mph over the speed limit, if you are driving at a speed higher than 55 mph.

Your driving privilege will be taken for 60 days if you are convicted of:

A second charge of speeding over 55 mph and more than 15 mph above the speed limit within one year; or
Speeding plus reckless driving on the same occasion.

The DMV can also suspend your license for the following:

Two convictions of speeding over 55 mph within a 12 month period;
One conviction of speeding over 55 mph and one conviction of reckless driving within a 12 month period;
A conviction of willful racing with another motor vehicle, whether it is pre-arranged or spontaneous.
A suspended court sentence or part of a sentence mandating that you must not operate a motor vehicle for a specified period of time; and/or
A conviction for speeding over 75 mph.

Note that more serious offenses can result in suspensions of more than a year (even permanent). Generally, these offenses include DUI charges, multiple instances of reckless driving and “racing” related charges.

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North Carolina speeding tickets and other traffic ticket convictions will lead to points, potential automobile insurance hikes and possible license suspension. This can ultimately cost a significant amount of money. Proper decision making based on quality advice from a knowledgeable traffic ticket lawyer in North Carolina can help you minimize (or hopefully eliminate) this monetary damage.

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About North Carolina*

North Carolina has the second largest state-maintained highway system in the nation, incorporating over 78,615 miles of highways:

Primary highways: 14,705 miles
- Interstate – 1,019
- Interstate Business – 66
- U.S. Routes – 5,534
- N.C. Routes – 8,086
Secondary roads: 63,910 miles

North Carolina maintains 18,540 bridges collectively spanning 376.98 miles. The longest bridge stretches 5.22 miles from Roanoke Island to Manns Harbor on U.S. 64 in Dare County. The oldest bridge still in use, built in 1891, spans the Pigeon River on Love Joy Lane near Waynesville in Haywood County.

*Information courtesy of and taken directly from NCDOT

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