MVR/DAC question. (Landstar)

It always amazes me that people who make a living with their CDL don't protect it more. I treat stuff like this as a murder scene. Last summer I was charged in a 2 car collision. I plead not guilty and when my lawyer asked for disclosure from the cops, I had more and better pics than they did. Not to come off like Perry Mason, here, but really nobody cares about you except you. The judge will side with the cops therefore you must provide compelling evidence against the construction company or whomever placed the sign.

Stall. Plead not guilty. Find a lawyer. Ask for disclosure. Get the cops to show that they and/or the construction company complied with the law.

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/mtcode/61/9/4/61-9-431
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/mtcode/61/8/3/61-8-314

 

I work for the star too. Being the big corporate clusterf that corporate is, I keep my correspondence with them to the absolute minimum. If you get through this with your lease intact, you will have a target on your back, especially if you end up with that major violation. You NEED to throw some cash to a local lawyer and get that reduced to 14 or below, or some other non major violation ticket. Otherwise, if you get another major violation in the next three years, you get a 60 day vacation from trucking via a suspended CDL.

 

This is my thought also. No need to tell them because if its reduced or whatever, they still know you received a ticket. I think the law says you have to tell the company of a CONVICTION, not when you receive one..

 

All pretty good advice here. Fight the ticket, pay for a lawyer. You do not want a 15+ over on your record regardless of what Landstar does because it could effect your ability to get another job if needed.

Last but not least, AZ likes the 35 mph construction zones too. Most of the time it is ridiculously slow but the area on I-15 through the Virgin River gorge is posted 35 and I wouldn't want to try and go much faster than that, it's NARROW!

 

A good local lawyer in the area that you got the ticket. Believe it or not when I got myself in a rather large jam in my younger days I got the name of the attorney who got me off the hook from the judge i was suppose to go in front of.

 

Yeah, you want a local lawyer in the immediate area you got your ticket. Attorneys are a tight group. Having someone from out of the area defend you isn't going to help as much as the attorney that is friends with everyone in the local legal community.