Ontario and Quebéc keep track of Canadian driving violations with a demerit system similar to New York State's point system.  

Under a special agreement, Ontario and Quebéc share informationwith New York State about traffic violations and transfer points and demerits between countries.

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NY VTL §1180 deals with speed restrictions and sets out the consequences imposed by a court upon a conviction.  These fines are in addition to the state surcharge (currently $85),  DMV points, and any adverse affect a speeding conviction may have on your insurance premiums and/or coverage.

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For all violations issued on or after February 16, 2011, the New York DMV will issue 2 points for drivers found guilty of using a cell phone while driving. 

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The New York Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) keeps track of your driving record with a point system.  Many traffic vioaltions and all speeding ticket convictions have points associated with them. Points mean fees, revocation, suspension, and adversely affects your insurance premiums. Our goal is to protect your record from points by a securing a dismissal or negotiating a plea bargain to a reduced charge with less or no points. Depending on your driving record and the circumstances of your case, reductions to no-point, non-moving violations are often possible.

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 Precisely how another state will react to a New York conviction is difficult to say but there is a good chance there will be consequences in the driver’s home state if that state is a member of the Driver Licence Compact.

New York State has entered in a Driver License Compact with several other states to:

(1) Promote compliance with the laws, ordinances, and administrative rules and regulations relating to the operation of motor vehicles by their operators in each of the jurisdictions where such operators drive motor vehicles.....

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Your First Ticket Ever

You are late for an important meeting and decide that getting there faster is worth the risk of getting your first ticket. You hit the gas and the speedometer soon reads "76 mph." You are driving in a 55 mph zone and flashing lights have just appeared behind you.

The officer writes you a speeding ticket for 76 mph in a 55 mph zone. At this point, you can, plead guilty by mail, try to defend yourself, or hire a lawyer to represent you. The process of representing yourself seems confusing and complicated and you think hiring a lawyer would be too expensive. Because it is your first ticket ever, you decide to just plead guilty and send in the ticket. After all, you figure that it's just a speeding ticket. 

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A Driver Responsibility Assessment is a fine certain drivers must pay, once a year for three years,  in addition to fines, surcharges, and other penalties.  This assessment comes as a surprise to many people.

The DMV makes a driver responsibility assessment under four conditions.

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