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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: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2180 on: December 02, 2015, 03:30:21 PM »
So I'm driving to NH on Friday to fight a stop sign ticket.  I'll live blog it here.
The trip or the fight?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2181 on: December 02, 2015, 07:55:33 PM »
No cellphones in court !

Its ok, I'm a lawyer.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2182 on: December 02, 2015, 10:33:30 PM »
Its ok, I'm a lawyer.
;D at least you wont have to wait on line!!
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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2183 on: December 03, 2015, 09:12:35 PM »
Approximately what would a lawyer charge for fighting a first time speeding ticket in NYC on a clean record?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2184 on: December 03, 2015, 09:29:14 PM »
Approximately what would a lawyer charge for fighting a first time speeding ticket in NYC on a clean record?
The same as the 10th time

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2185 on: December 03, 2015, 09:46:33 PM »
The same as the 10th time
And how much is that? You know what the question was.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2186 on: December 03, 2015, 09:51:54 PM »
And how much is that? You know what the question was.
$250-350
YMMV by attorney

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2187 on: December 04, 2015, 12:35:42 PM »
Approximately what would a lawyer charge for fighting a first time speeding ticket in NYC on a clean record?
If you show up and pay cash to whoever is there you can get someone for as low as $100. You don't get much in the way of selection though.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2188 on: December 04, 2015, 02:25:19 PM »
So I'm driving to NH on Friday to fight a stop sign ticket.  I'll live blog it here.

ticket suspended for a year. if I'm clean for the year, they'll probably drop it.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2189 on: December 05, 2015, 08:30:54 PM »
Just following up on this. I sent back the ticket about 7 weeks ago, plead not guilty, and wrote on the ticket manually "officer deposition requested". I already got a court date but never received a deposition. Am I supposed to receive that or is it something the officer brings with him to court?

Bumping again.

Anyone know when I should expect to receive the deposition I requested from the officer?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2190 on: December 05, 2015, 10:04:00 PM »

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2191 on: December 05, 2015, 10:34:34 PM »
Bumping again.

Anyone know when I should expect to receive the deposition I requested from the officer?
Usually within 30 days of request , the officer could bring it to the court though.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2192 on: December 06, 2015, 07:26:55 AM »
I got a ticket in Spring Valley, NY for not wearing a seatbelt. What are my options? What am I looking at?
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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2193 on: December 06, 2015, 09:21:56 PM »
Adult seat belt? No points, but they do go on your record. As for the record/points falling off, DMV counts the violation from the date of offense. (So if you had 9 points hanging out 2 years ago and you were convicted of 2 points 2 years later they would still suspend your license. Being that adult seat belt tickets don't carry points, it would be hard to get suspended without having 3 prior adult seat belt tickets.)As you point out, the car insurance company would count the violation from the date of conviction.

Is it worth fighting? It depends how much your insurance would go up from this minor violation plus the fine, against the cost of hiring an attorney to fight it plus the risk value of the above mentioned. With an adult seat belt it may not be worth it.

Which court is this? Traffic Violations Bureau? They don't issue supporting depositions. Any other small courts the officer only needs to issue a supporting deposition if you request it within 30 of the response date. They usually mail it to you as they only have 30 days to issue it from the request date. If the officer didn't issue a supporting deposition, they you need to make a written motion to dismiss.

Bumping again.

Anyone know when I should expect to receive the deposition I requested from the officer?

See above. Please answer with more detail.

Usually within 30 days of request , the officer could bring it to the court though.
Do you have all the details? Did your answer help the question?

I got a ticket in Spring Valley, NY for not wearing a seatbelt. What are my options? What am I looking at?
Adult seatbelt? Go in to plead it down yourself. You are looking at around a $150 fine. A child with no seat belt? around the same reduction.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2194 on: December 06, 2015, 09:35:51 PM »
Adult seatbelt? Go in to plead it down yourself. You are looking at around a $150 fine. A child with no seat belt? around the same reduction.
Do I need to go into the court to plead not guilty and to get a supporting deposition (or something like that)

Or just show up on the date written on the ticket?
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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2195 on: December 07, 2015, 10:41:02 AM »
Do I need to go into the court to plead not guilty and to get a supporting deposition (or something like that)

Or just show up on the date written on the ticket?
Either reply not guilty by mail, or you can go in to ask for a date. They may not have someone available to plead down the ticket on the date of response. Don't ask for a deposition, it gets them annoyed, which may result in your not getting a reduction.

i got a ticket for putting my feet on a subway bench
the cop said i was taking a 2nd seat that i didnt pay for.....
shud i pay?? i gave him an id card from a different country??

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But, you don't want to get stuck with a warrant on your ID, and end up getting arrested at the boarder 10 years from now.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2196 on: December 09, 2015, 07:14:57 AM »
Adult seatbelt? Go in to plead it down yourself. You are looking at around a $150 fine. A child with no seat belt? around the same reduction.
After Googling around a bit, it seems that there's no points for this type of ticket [VTL 1229-(c)3], please let me know if this is correct.

If that's the case, what's the difference of just pleading guilty and not having to go into court or pleading not guilty? Will there be a lesser fine if I plead it down?
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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2197 on: December 09, 2015, 10:40:40 PM »
After Googling around a bit, it seems that there's no points for this type of ticket [VTL 1229-(c)3], please let me know if this is correct.

If that's the case, what's the difference of just pleading guilty and not having to go into court or pleading not guilty? Will there be a lesser fine if I plead it down?
It still affects your record and insurance rates which are not connected to points.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2198 on: December 10, 2015, 12:25:47 AM »


But, you don't want to get stuck with a warrant on your ID, and end up getting arrested at the boarder 10 years from now.
they can get you even if you come and go with an American passport?


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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #2199 on: December 10, 2015, 07:47:27 PM »
they can get you even if you come and go with an American passport?
For an overdue NY ticket only if you are driving.
In NJ they issue actual warrants which can result in being held at the airport or extradited back to NJ. Of course the border agents would have to be somewhat board, which they never are of course.