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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!ohgpu!jfreirec
- From: jfreirec@ohgpu.hydro.on.ca (Jose Freire-Canosa)
- Subject: New York Traffic Violations
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.190353.15642@ohgpu.hydro.on.ca>
- Organization: Ontario Hydro
- Distribution: ont
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:03:53 GMT
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- I am posting this for a friend, sorry about the previous mess-up:
-
- Does anyone know if there is any arrangement between the Province
- of Ontario and the State of New York wrt traffic violations?
-
- I was stopped for speeding on Interstate 90, going 130 km/h
- (Highway 90 is a 55 mph zone). The traffic on the highway was
- very light and I was in a hurry for other reasons but I am not
- asking for understanding.
-
- At home, I followed the instructions and sent in the notice of
- violation andsigned it guilty, but included a letter of
- explaination stating among other things that this was my first
- violation in six years of driving and asked them to be lenient.
- The town court answered with a rough, photocopied letter, with
- a hand written message that the fine was $100 in US funds but that
- I could plea bargain it with the Assistant District Attorney.
-
- I went ahead and wrote the ADA a short letter and included my
- previous letter of explaination. I just got the reply saying that
- they will remove the charge of 6 points, because of no violations
- in the previous 3 years --but-- that I must pay the reduced charge
- of $200 + $25 surcharge!! On top of that he wants me to send the
- conviction stub of my license with a stamped self-addressed
- envelope!! To my knowledge the only stub I could send them is the
- organ donor consent or the change of address stub.
-
- I am thinking of just paying the original fine of $100 US funds
- but I am not sure if I should or even if I would be off the hook
- if I do.
-
- I appreciate your help, thanks in advance ...Andrew
-