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This thread discusses speeding tickets and traffic tickets in the state of New York. For parking tickets go here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=15090.0 or here http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=23665.msg1088489. For moving violations outside of New York, please start a new thread and add a link here.

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Please read this wiki first. I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice.

Q: Can I get a plea bargain in New York City?
A: No. Every single ticket goes to trial, guilty or not guilty, in New York City. (The 5 boroughs of NY, Kings, Queens, Bronx and Richmond.)

Q: How long does it take for points to fall off your New York State record/license/abstract?
A: For DMV persistent violation purposes 18 months from the date of offense regardless of the date of conviction. At 3 years after the date of conviction on the following January first the points are no longer visible on the driving record which insurance companies and traffic prosecutors look at. DMV always keeps a record of your conviction and if you get too many points over your lifetime you could get a "10 year" revocation, however those records are not visible to insurance companies.

Q: Does it pay to fight my NY ticket or should I just pay it?
A: In order to figure the true cost of a traffic ticket conviction (aside from figuring out the total fines and the effects on your record) you need to call up your insurance company and ask them 2 questions. 1. How much will my insurance go up over the next 4 years if I pay this ticket? 2. How much money in "good driver discounts" will I loss over the next 4 years and how much does this add up to?

The reason you need to ask these 2 questions separately is because the insurance companies "shield themselves" from the statutory requirement to not raise insurance rates for a first violation (or speeds up to 15 MPH) by granting "good driver discounts", and then taking away these good driver discounts when you get your first violation. Therefore the (technically) correct answer to the first question you ask them could be "your insurance will not be raised at all". Then when you ask them the second question the answer may be in the thousands of dollars over the next 4 years, depending on your insurance bracket.

Q: How can I find my New York ticket online? 
A: If it is New York City ticket you can find it at https://transact.dmv.ny.gov/pleadnpay if you received a ticket anywhere outside of NYC and anywhere upstate you must contact the individual Court by phone or mail. There is no way to find your ticket online. Google is not able to find most small Courts as it get confused with giving you the most popular courts and attorneys, therefore I suggest you look up your Court at at www.town-court.com.

Q: How can I get a copy of my NYS driving record/license/abstract?
A: You can buy it at the statutory minimum of $7 at https://my.dmv.ny.gov/crm

Q: Do NJ tickets show up on a regular non CDL NY license?
A: As long as you pay them, no they will not.

Q: Do NY tickets show up on NJ licenses?
A: Yes as a 2 point out of state conviction (most violations).

Q: Do NJ tickets show up on a NY license?
A: As long as you pay them, no. Exceptions 1. if you have a CDL the NJ conviction will record on your NY license. 2. DUI/DWI and criminal driving convictions from NJ do record on your NY license. 3. as stated above if you don't respond to the ticket the suspension will follow you to NY. In addition NJ issues warrants for failing to respond to traffic tickets. 4 If you are convicted of a high speed (90+ MPH, 100+ MPH) in NJ the Judge may suspend your NJ driving privileges. 

Q: Can I pay Court fines with a CC?
A: In NYC for moving violations you can use https://transact.dmv.ny.gov/pleadnpay. For NYC parking tickets you can use http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/parking/parking.shtml. As far as "upstate" Courts go, most Courts will allow you to pay with visa or mastercard in person. Many Courts have a CC sheet which you can fill in and mail back, other Courts have a third party processor such as https://www.ncourt.com to accept cc payments. Call the Court to find out what options they have. No one (so far that I have seen) will take CCs over the phone.

Q: I received a camera ticket for a red light (3 points) or speeding (3-11 points) or a bus lane violation (2 points). Do traffic tickets issued from a camera add points to my license?
A: Camera Tickets never go on your license as they are issued against the car and not the driver. Therefor a camera ticket will not add points to your license or increase your insurance.

Q: If I push a ticket off for 18 months and then I am convicted, can I still be suspended by the DMV for having more than 11 points?
A: Pushing off a ticket will not help protect you from DMV actions. The reason is as follows: if you receive 2 tickets worth 6 points each on the same day, and you plead guilty to one of them on that same day and you push the second ticket off for 5 years, and then you plead guilty to that second ticket, the DMV computer will look at the 2 dates of violation and say "the motorist accumulated (more than) 11 points within an 18 month period" and issue a persistent violator suspension against you license.

Insurance companies work the other way around. They can only raise your premium after your date of conviction. Therefore in our example the insurance companies will increase your insurance after the first conviction appears on your record when they renew your policy (which will stay on your record for 3 years and then until the next January 1st) and then they will increase your rates again after the second ticket conviction shows up on your record when they renew your policy, (once again this second ticket will stay on the record for  3 years plus until the next January first. It follows that pleading/being found guilty in December saves 11 months of policy increase, and if there is a way to lock in a one year policy right before a conviction in December you can be looking at a car increase for only 2 years and 1 day, instead of 4 years minus one day.)

Travelers Insurance offers 1 year rates.
Geico is 6 months.

Traffic Ticket Lawyers:

State
New York Attorney Matisyahu Wolfberg http://www.speedingdefense.com/
New York Attorney Zev Goldstein www.zevgoldsteinlaw.com 845-356-7770
New York Attorney Benjamin Goldman https://www.benjamingoldmanlawoffice.com/ 212-203-3810
New Jersey and New York Attorney Adam H. Rosenblum www.ticketdefenselaw.com
New Jersey Attorney Leib Klein www.avvo.com/attorneys/08701-nj-leib-klein-1602182.html 732-987-7040

Great Upstate NY lawyer at very cheap prices. http://jaydrillings.net/

Not that many parking ticket lawyers!
Parking ticket Non Lawyer (NYC)
Cathy Mei She takes 50% to fight the parking or camera ticket
Office Number 212-349-4978
Email 329ticket@gmail.com
Fax 646-699-3630

Parking Expert non attorney (718) 384-5052

Non attorney runner http://www.myticketsnyc.com/

Non attorney runner http://www.wefighttickets.com/

10+ Counties in upstate NY have diversion programs, allowing you to dismiss the ticket for a fine and defensive driving class. Conditions and restrictions apply. Check the District Attorney's website for your county: Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Franklin, Livingston, Orleans, Otsego, Tioga, and Wyoming.

This wiki is not legal advice, nor the advice of an attorney.

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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #40 on: March 01, 2011, 09:26:58 PM »
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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #41 on: March 03, 2011, 07:54:10 PM »
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« Reply #42 on: March 03, 2011, 07:54:30 PM »
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« Reply #43 on: March 03, 2011, 08:03:01 PM »
Does he do parking violations too or just moving violations?

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« Reply #44 on: March 03, 2011, 08:30:25 PM »
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« Reply #45 on: March 04, 2011, 12:55:33 PM »
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« Reply #46 on: March 15, 2012, 10:47:34 PM »
What's a normal price for these lawyers to charge for a parking ticket? Do they charge a flat fee? percentage?

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« Reply #47 on: March 15, 2012, 10:51:03 PM »
What's a normal price for these lawyers to charge for a parking ticket? Do they charge a flat fee? percentage?
For a parking ticket? Unlikely to be worth your while
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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #48 on: March 16, 2012, 01:09:55 AM »
What's a normal price for these lawyers to charge for a parking ticket? Do they charge a flat fee? percentage?
For parking tickets, they take half if they win, that's what I was told by one of the guys who advertises in the Torah times some time ago.
At the time it wasn't worth it for me because I would usually settle for a reduction. But now that he reductions are way harder to get, It might be worth using one of these ticket fighters.

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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #49 on: March 18, 2012, 01:33:04 PM »
For parking tickets, they take half if they win, that's what I was told by one of the guys who advertises in the Torah times some time ago.
At the time it wasn't worth it for me because I would usually settle for a reduction. But now that he reductions are way harder to get, It might be worth using one of these ticket fighters.

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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #50 on: March 19, 2012, 05:48:30 PM »
I got a parking ticket with temp plates anyone have any experience/knowledge if I have to pay?

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« Reply #51 on: March 19, 2012, 05:54:31 PM »
Just got a letter from Honda that they paid my tickets for me on my leased car and now I need to reimburse them. I never even got a chance to fight the tickets! Any experience with this?

I got a parking ticket with temp plates anyone have any experience/knowledge if I have to pay?

I got 4 tix on my temp plates couple years ago. 2 of them ended up getting mailed to me (and appearing on the NYC site) and 2 never did. I paid the first 2 and ignored the others.
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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #52 on: April 09, 2012, 12:04:35 PM »
Was speeding and cop was nice so instead gave a ticket for "obstructed plate" under sub section 4021.
A) Does this carry any points?
B) Will this affect insurance rates?
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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #53 on: April 09, 2012, 03:23:29 PM »
Was speeding and cop was nice so instead gave a ticket for "obstructed plate" under sub section 4021.
A) Does this carry any points?
B) Will this affect insurance rates?

I'm assuming its in NY as it sounds like a NY code.
Depends where you got it, the max is $200. No points, depends on your insurance. Should not do much as it is not a  major violation.

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It is NY, I should have specified.
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« Reply #55 on: April 09, 2012, 11:42:06 PM »
Just got a letter from Honda that they paid my tickets for me on my leased car and now I need to reimburse them. I never even got a chance to fight the tickets! Any experience with this?

I got 4 tix on my temp plates couple years ago. 2 of them ended up getting mailed to me (and appearing on the NYC site) and 2 never did. I paid the first 2 and ignored the others.
how were they able to track it to you?

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how were they able to track it to you?
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« Reply #57 on: April 10, 2012, 11:27:05 AM »
I got a parking ticket with temp plates anyone have any experience/knowledge if I have to pay?

NY or NJ? Do they have the VIN # or was it blocked?

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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #58 on: April 15, 2012, 03:27:04 AM »
Just got busted doing 81 in a 65 in Jersey, cop wise nice enough to put me down for 69MPH (19:9-1.2 - SPEEDING IN EXCESS OF SPEED LIMIT BY: 1-9 MPH).
This was in Westhampton Municipality if that matters. Anyone know if this will give me any points?
Also, just got 4 letters in the mail today from different NJ lawyers that want to take the case and plea it down, anyone have experience with these?

Due to yomtov/procrastination I only have 3 days to figure this out...
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Re: Trafic Tickets
« Reply #59 on: April 15, 2012, 07:18:20 AM »
Just got busted doing 81 in a 65 in Jersey, cop wise nice enough to put me down for 69MPH (19:9-1.2 - SPEEDING IN EXCESS OF SPEED LIMIT BY: 1-9 MPH).
This was in Westhampton Municipality if that matters. Anyone know if this will give me any points?
Also, just got 4 letters in the mail today from different NJ lawyers that want to take the case and plea it down, anyone have experience with these?

Due to yomtov/procrastination I only have 3 days to figure this out...
Thanks!

First of all, if you do not have an NJ license,   you should find out if the points transfer. 

Second of all, as per this list,  its two points. Though the statute numbers don't match the ones you posted so I'm not sure what that means.

http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Violations/penalties_pointSchedule.htm