There were more than 1,000 tickets written in Franklin County, Florida in 2008. That total includes both non-criminal and criminal violations. DUI and driving with a suspended license made up a majority of the criminal moving violations. Almost 200 of the 308 tickets issued for criminal moving violations were issued for driving under the influence and DWLS. The county did not see many tickets issued for reckless driving or hit-and-run, just a total of 26. Of those only 15 were for leaving the scene of an accident.

When it comes to non-criminal moving violations in Franklin County speeding tickets were issued nearly eight times as often as the next most common traffic citation. There were 874 traffic tickets written and 578 were a speeding ticket. That means more than 66% of the traffic violations were speeding tickets. This particular traffic violation far outdistanced the next most common traffic ticket which was careless driving. Just 56 citations were issued for running a red light or running a stop sign.

If you are paying a traffic ticket in Franklin County, Florida you need to pay your traffic fine in Apalachicola at the Traffic Division located on Market Street. If you are planning on pleading not guilty you must let the Clerk of Courts know that and you will be assigned a date for traffic court. You may also be eligible to handle the ticket by enrolling in an approved traffic school.