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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 #1240 on: June 26, 2014, 04:33:12 PM »
After how many points is there a driver assessment fee in NYS?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1241 on: June 26, 2014, 09:00:45 PM »
NYS reports some tickets to Illinois and others not. What were you charged with?
You still need to find out if Illinois counts NYS tickets, look for an Illinois traffic attorney.
Good luck
speeding 50 in a 30

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1242 on: June 26, 2014, 10:04:35 PM »

After how many points is there a driver assessment fee in NYS?
6?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1243 on: June 29, 2014, 01:57:00 PM »
speeding 50 in a 30
NY does report speeds to Illinois.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1244 on: July 03, 2014, 10:54:52 AM »
New jersey license already have 2 points... additionally i got into an accident which counts as six insurance points my insurance company already told me more than 8 insurance points will dramatically affect my rates (AAA)

Today i got a speeding ticket on the belt (NY) 6 pts (22 over) what fees will i have to pay outside of the $203 ticket fee being that im out of state? how many points will transfer? will any lawyer be able to get it to no points?
and lastly there is the option of getting the ticket erased no points no fine for 1k should i go that route?

I appreciate any help i can get. thanks

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1245 on: July 03, 2014, 10:16:44 PM »
New jersey license already have 2 points... additionally i got into an accident which counts as six insurance points my insurance company already told me more than 8 insurance points will dramatically affect my rates (AAA)

Today i got a speeding ticket on the belt (NY) 6 pts (22 over) what fees will i have to pay outside of the $203 ticket fee being that im out of state? how many points will transfer? will any lawyer be able to get it to no points?
and lastly there is the option of getting the ticket erased no points no fine for 1k should i go that route?

I appreciate any help i can get. thanks
The 1k option is not a legal one, so make sure the guy and his route actually get the job down and that you are not the one getting ripped off.

As for your speeding ticket you will need to pay an addition $300 if you are convicted of the full 22 MPH. If the peed gets pulled down 2 MPH during the trial and you are convicted of 20 MPH you save 2 points in NY and $300 to the state of New York.

I hear that NJ will count the speed as a 2 point out of state conviction.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1246 on: July 03, 2014, 10:22:34 PM »
The 1k option is not a legal one, so make sure the guy and his route actually get the job down and that you are not the one getting ripped off.

As for your speeding ticket you will need to pay an addition $300 if you are convicted of the full 22 MPH. If the peed gets pulled down 2 MPH during the trial and you are convicted of 20 MPH you save 2 points in NY and $300 to the state of New York.

I hear that NJ will count the speed as a 2 point out of state conviction.
Meaning if im going to need to hire a lawyer for 250 not necessarily kedai...And in regards to insurance do the dmv points make a difference or is all speeding the same

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1247 on: July 03, 2014, 10:27:30 PM »
Meaning if im going to need to hire a lawyer for 250 not necessarily kedai...And in regards to insurance do the dmv points make a difference or is all speeding the same
Well if you are going to plea guilty you may be saving $50 right there on the driver assessment fee not to mention the 2 points in NY. In addition if you end up wining in trial you saved the whole deal.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1248 on: July 03, 2014, 10:47:57 PM »
Well if you are going to plea guilty you may be saving $50 right there on the driver assessment fee not to mention the 2 points in NY. In addition if you end up wining in trial you saved the whole deal.
And in regards to insurance?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1249 on: July 04, 2014, 08:51:05 AM »
All the same. They look more at amount of tickets rather than points per ticket.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1250 on: July 04, 2014, 05:24:49 PM »
All the same. They look more at amount of tickets rather than points per ticket.
They look at the speed as well. 1 MPH isn't 40 MPH.


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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1251 on: July 07, 2014, 04:44:45 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good traffic court lawyer in Lakewood?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1252 on: July 07, 2014, 04:49:29 PM »

Can anyone recommend a good traffic court lawyer in Lakewood?
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« Reply #1253 on: July 07, 2014, 07:21:58 PM »
Can anyone recommend a good traffic court lawyer in Lakewood?
See the wiki Chanaya Rosenblum 518-690-0445.

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1254 on: July 09, 2014, 10:05:12 AM »
I got a Radar ticket on the way to Montreal,(In Canada on the 15 by Atwater), does anyone know if there is anything I can do

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« Reply #1255 on: July 09, 2014, 10:18:21 AM »
I got a Radar ticket on the way to Montreal,(In Canada on the 15 by Atwater), does anyone know if there is anything I can do
Which town/county?

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Which town/county?
In Montreal Canada (actually it might be right outside Montreal)

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« Reply #1257 on: July 09, 2014, 05:28:07 PM »
In Montreal Canada (actually it might be right outside Montreal)
Try Avi Levy, Esq. 514-758-0001 alevy@ticket911.ca

What state is your license from?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1258 on: July 09, 2014, 06:46:53 PM »
If anybody could help, appreciated. Basically got seatbelt ticket, I kept looking online to pay it but it never showed up. Now 7 months later they send me letter saying my license is suspended in NY unless I pay $278. Do I have any options to pay less?

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Re: Traffic Tickets
« Reply #1259 on: July 09, 2014, 10:15:24 PM »
Try Avi Levy, Esq. 514-758-0001 alevy@ticket911.ca

What state is your license from?
called him there is no points he told me it's not worth it to fight since it's a $200 ticket.