Hello,

Last month I got a speeding ticket in California while on vacation.

They want $280!

I checked the NY DMV (http://http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/dmvfaqs.htm) and I'm not sure if I have to pay it.

It says...

The NYSDMV does not record out-of-state violations committed by NYS drivers in other jurisdictions. The exceptions are alcohol-related violations, drug-related violations, and moving violations committed in Quebec or Ontario. Under special agreements, traffic convictions in Quebec or Ontario are recorded on NYS driver license records and carry points. Except for violations in Ontario and Quebec, points are not added to your NYS record for out-of-state violations.

If you do not respond to a ticket or fail to pay a fine for a moving violation that you committed in any state except Alaska, California, Michigan, Montana, Oregon or Wisconsin, the DMV suspends your NYS driver license until you respond to the ticket or pay the fine. If a driver from a state except these six states fails to respond to a traffic ticket issued in NYS, their driver license will be suspended until the driver responds to the traffic ticket in NYS.


What do you guys think?

Thanks, I appericate the help in advance!

Nothing will happen until you realize that you were tried in absentia, convicted, fined and then there is debt collector looking for you and possibly a bench warrant.

Dude... CA is the only state you can do a Trial by Written Declaration. If you think you are innocent, do it.

If you do not pay the ticket and CA reports it to NY, NY will contact you and say you must pay and if you do not clear the matter with CA NY will suspend your license and at that point it will show up on you NY driving record. All NY is saying in the above text is if you pay the ticket there will be no record of that ticket on your NY driving record.

As it was pointed out, there is many ways in CA to fight and win a ticket without ever stepping foot in a court room. But you need to look at the particulars of you ticket and the associated CA laws and put a defense together. There is a number of Website out there for fighting CA tickets do your research.