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New York Traffic Ticket Prices Going Up, Up and Away!
08/15/08
New York Traffic Ticket Prices Going Up, Up and Away!
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MixxAccording to New York traffic attorney
Matthew Weiss, Esq. (http://www.nytrafficticket.com), the New York State
Department of Motor Vehicles reports that motorists will soon be paying a
hefty 60% increase in surcharges for New York traffic tickets. As of August
1, the surcharge has gone to $80.00, just having gone from $50 to $60.00 on
July 1st. Originally $5.00, this surcharge was instituted by then-Gov. Cuomo
in the 1980s and has quickly grown to often surpass the actual fine amounts.
The surcharge is payable in addition to the actual fine for the NY moving
violation. It is also payable in addition to the $300 (or more) Driver
Assessment Responsibility Fee, which is imposed upon motorists that accumulate
six or more points. The Driver Assessment Fee is payable by all motorists
regardless of their state of license, that have 6 or more points in New York.
According to Weiss, "New York politicians use motor vehicle traffic laws
as a multi-faceted way to tax New York drivers which, of course, creates
further incentive for motorists to fight their tickets." Weiss adds that,
because the high cost of gas is reducing vehicle traffic on major NY highways,
"the police have fewer targets to ticket and therefore need to squeeze more
money out of each victim. Courts have no discretion to waive or reduce the
surcharge and often the surcharge exceeds the actual fine amount for the
traffic ticket."
2 comments
A traffic ticket is a citation or summons issued to a person by an authorized government official for breaking a motor vehicle law. The citation requires the accused person to appear before a judge or magistrate in court, but allows that person to remain free until the scheduled court date.
The vast majority of Texans have, at some point in their lives, received a ticket for a traffic violation. Unlike most other violations of the law, a traffic ticket doesn’t bear the same stigma of criminality and is often viewed as a minor offense that even the most law-abiding citizens may be guilty of on a frequent basis. However, don’t let the prevalence and the commonality of a traffic ticket fool you. Trying to resolve a traffic ticket in Texas is at best an annoyance, and at worst, a convoluted maze of red tape that can have you banging your head against the wall in no time. From the moment you see the red lights flashing in your rearview mirror and hear the dreaded siren, you enter the confounding world of Texas traffic law.
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