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Email or paper mail. I got a speeding ticket from Town of Tonawanda near Buffalo. That is what I did. US has a strange system. Traffic ticket is issued by the State. But prosecutor work for the local government. Parking tickets (or non-moving violations) also is collected by local government. So the prosecutor has a great incentive to make a deal with you, especially if you are not living in the US.

So you have to tell them you are Canadian. Sorry about speeding, not familiar with the speed limit. Can you change to non-moving violation. They will change your charge and you pay the fine. End of story.

Lot's people have done it (including me)...
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  • 枫下茶话 / 美国话题 / 郁闷~~第一次在美国纽约州小镇吃了张超速罚单!之前一直在限速50mile的路上开,看到加油站就进去加油了,从加油站出来,继续50MPH的速度,但是不知道这附近已经是town center, +1
    等看到30MPH的限速牌才意识到,但是警察已经埋伏了。说我30mile的地方开了48mile, 超速!!当场给了张单子“DISOBEYED TRAFFIC CONTROL(1110A), “, 上面没有具体罚款金额。我有两个选择,都需要答复并在一个月邮寄到小镇:1)plea of guilty。2)plea of not guilty

    请问有经验的大侠:1)认错:罚款可以接受,但是不知道20MILE以下的超速会不会扣分并且影响明年在安省的保费?2)不认错:这种情况是要约定时间上小法庭的。再跑一次小镇的时间不说,这种上庭轻判或者不扣分不涨保险的胜算有多大?

    🙏🙏
    • 会影响, 我交了300美金罚款, 安省扣了3分
      • 谢谢。罚款能接受,就是扣分,哎。保险也会涨吧。
      • 呵呵,希望这次你也是说了个笑话。
        • 给小镇160, 州政府160, 一共320
    • 当年工作在Pennsylvania ,在纽约州吃超速罚单。花300刀打官司,结果是被罚300刀,不记录在案。安省没有记录。
      • 花300打官司,是不认罪上小法庭吗?
        • 是的
    • Find prosecutor contact. Ask him to change to parking ticket. Pay the fine. +1
      • Thank you!
      • 请问是在电话里协商吗? +1
        • 这你也信?在纽约州不上庭想减罚单,门都没有。。。 +4
          • I did it before.
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          Email or paper mail. I got a speeding ticket from Town of Tonawanda near Buffalo. That is what I did. US has a strange system. Traffic ticket is issued by the State. But prosecutor work for the local government. Parking tickets (or non-moving violations) also is collected by local government. So the prosecutor has a great incentive to make a deal with you, especially if you are not living in the US.

          So you have to tell them you are Canadian. Sorry about speeding, not familiar with the speed limit. Can you change to non-moving violation. They will change your charge and you pay the fine. End of story.

          Lot's people have done it (including me)...
          • 非常感谢!
          • 请问你的CASE是回复“ plea of guilty"?即认罪和协商?万分感谢!! +1
            • 没有,我打给court找到prosecutor的联系,然后直接发信和他说一大堆求情的话,自己开车很安全,不熟悉美国的路,保证以后不再犯,然后问他能不能改成Non-moving violation,然后他回信回来答应,付新罚单,付钱了事。 +1
              • 你的故事很新鲜,完全背离了应付罚单的正常途径。纽约州有六十多个county,每个county对交通罚单有独立的处罚权和方式。。要不你多指导楼主,咱们看看你的故事是不是能系统性可重复地发生在别人身上。。。
                • 去redflagdeals看吧,很多人这么做过,我当初就是看了别人这样做才跟着做的
              • 谢谢。从来没有过TICKET,真的是不知道怎么去处理。以为罚款就了事,可是单子上没有金额,还要走程序。请问你这里说的prosecutor就是当时开 ticket的那个警察吗?
                • 不是,政府律师
    • 同问,在纽约早上吃早饭,收到停车罚单,说头和尾巴方向不对,但是我们车牌号码写错了,是多伦多租车去的,这种情况我不需要理吧。,罚单车牌信息不对,可以不管是吧
      • 逆向停车肯定要罚的,不过运气很好,可以踏实了。。。
    • 正确的做法是上庭。。。不上庭的话扣点是肯定的,纽约安省互通有无,安省保险记录一呆十年,损失上千只多不少。。。
      • 谢谢
    • 我在宾州拿过一张超速,后来寄了支票同时附了一封信,请求不要报告安省因为这边保费有多高blabla,感觉没有受影响。个人经验仅供参考。 +1
      • 谢谢。我的单子上没有具体罚款金额。我先要回复给town center认罪(等他们给罚单)或者不认罪(等他们回上庭时间)。
      • 宾州和安省没有信息交换,写信没有影响。。。
        • 纽约州和Michigan州好像有交换信息。
    • 我在美国开车,一直开gps。一来指路,二来及时告诉我限速变化。
    • 我的经历分享:在纽约小镇吃了张超速单,然后去上庭。检察官把超速变为停车单,但要付一笔admin fee。就是讹钱。好处是,不扣点了。