If you’ve been charged with using a cell phone in the car, it’s important to note that the violation penalties have changed very recently.
- For a first offense of using that cell phone not hands-free, you are facing a penalty of between two and four hundred dollars.
- For a second offense, you are facing a penalty between four and six hundred dollars,
- and for a third offense you are facing a penalty of between six and eight hundred dollars, but more importantly, your license can be suspended for up to 90 days, and it is a three-point ticket if it is your third or more violation, so it is important that if you are charged with this offense to contact an attorney to help represent you.
This blog was provided by Jason Volet, an experienced New Jersey Traffic Violation Defense Attorney.
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Jason A. Volet
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a criminal trial attorney, Jason A. Volet focuses his practice exclusively on criminal and municipal defense in New Jersey and New York. He earned his B.A. in political science from Rutgers College in 1995 and his J.D. from the Hofstra University School of Law in 1998. Mr. Volet began his career in the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, where he gained extensive experience prosecuting both juvenile and adult offenders. Now, as a criminal defense attorney, he uses that experience to fight for the rights of individuals who have been charged with a crime.
