VA Speeding ticket/MD resident

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tomtom

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I was heading home from North Carolina a couple days ago, and was coming through Halifax County, VA(some tiny little county about 1 and a half-2 hours south of richmond on US-360). I got pulled over for speeding, 75 in a 60. Since it is about 4 hours back to that county to go to court, I will probably just pay the prepayable fine($154). My question is, does anyone know if you get a speeding ticket in VA, but a MD resident, do you get the points associated with that ticket? I have looked it up on a couple different websites, and get conflicting information, and can find nothing on the MVA website.

Thanks.
 
struggler44

struggler44

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tomtom said:
I was heading home from North Carolina a couple days ago, and was coming through Halifax County, VA(some tiny little county about 1 and a half-2 hours south of richmond on US-360). I got pulled over for speeding, 75 in a 60. Since it is about 4 hours back to that county to go to court, I will probably just pay the prepayable fine($154). My question is, does anyone know if you get a speeding ticket in VA, but a MD resident, do you get the points associated with that ticket? I have looked it up on a couple different websites, and get conflicting information, and can find nothing on the MVA website.

Thanks.
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Not sure about what is supposed to happen but a couple years back I got it in Johnstone County N.C., 81 in a 55 on 95N, $192 fine,never seen any points from it.
 
John Z

John Z

if you will
I figure there would be all kinds of partner/reciprocal arrangements where every jurisdiction would communicate and points would be assessed/transfered and insurance rates would increase.

I'm sure MVA would love you to ask them. Then they'd ask a few pertinent questions, and end the conversation by saying "The points transfer now. And we'll let your insurance carrier know too. Thanks sucker. Click".:lmao:
 
onebdzee

onebdzee

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I got a ticket for running a light in a tractor trailer on Rt 60 about 7 years ago and have never seen anything on my record and I have a CDL, which is on a Nationwide database
 
Rommey

Rommey

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No points...but your insurance company will know and treat it as if you got it in MD.
 
onebdzee

onebdzee

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Rommey said:
No points...but your insurance company will know and treat it as if you got it in MD.
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I've had Allstate for about 12 years now and they didn't know

For that matter, I had a car that was tagged in Va, I had a Va license, and Md insurance(I was moving to Md)....Va suspended my license as they couldn't figure out that Md insurance was more coverage than Va, and Allstate still doesn't know about it(that was 9 years ago) because it's not on my driving record
 
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rhenderson

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I believe what happens is that the points are registered in VA. If you get enough points in VA to trigger a suspension or revocation, then VA requests that MD enforce that penatly and the points transfer to your MD record at that time.

The problem is that if you have some points on your MD record and you trigger a suspension request in VA, when the points are added together you could end up at revocation without the usual suspension first.

If the cops put "Reckless" on the ticket you cannot prepay and must appear in court. In that case do not hesitate to hire an attorney from that jurisdiction to represent you - the sooner, the better.
 
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tomtom

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Thanks everyone for the answers. And to the person that said something about talking to the MVA, that is esactly why I have not called them to ask, but rather tried to find info on their website. And, rhenderson, I was not charged with reckless driving, and the officer said I could prepay if I would rather, but thanks for that info though.
 
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Mikeru

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While Virginia has a much friendlier tax environment than Maryland... they must make up for it in traffic violation revenue/ speeding tickets. I swear, in Maryland I get away with 12 over and rarely ever see a state trooper perched waiting to clock me for speeding... but as soon as I cross the border into VA, the state troopers are ticket nazis.

I have a speeding ticket I received in VA about a month or so ago that I have to take care of by the end of the month... according the the trooper I was going 76 in a 60 MPH zone... ####er... it was 1:30AM and I wanted to get home, noone was on the goddamn road and was completely dry.
 
aps45819

aps45819

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Mikeru said:
I have a speeding ticket I received in VA about a month or so ago that I have to take care of by the end of the month... according the the trooper I was going 76 in a 60 MPH zone... ####er... it was 1:30AM and I wanted to get home, noone was on the goddamn road and was completely dry.
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get a cheap radar detector to use in VA
 
DoWhat

DoWhat

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I was hauling a$$ on I-64 today, going about 90.

Thank you Lord, for never having a police Officer in my way.
Funny thing, we stopped at a rest area and parked next to an undercover cop.
As he was walking out we greeted and said "Hello", and joking I asked him which way he was heading. He laughed, but told me south.
 
Justme2

Justme2

Member
Not only

Not only is the detector illlegal the can write you a ticket for it also.
I agree with most, you should go and fight this I got a ticket a long time ago for following the locals across a mud strip in the media to get to the local 7-11. Well the State Trooper wrote me a ticket for crossing the media strip. I let it go because the points for the moving violation was not going to go on my MD record BUTT!! my insurance company shove it for three years.

I have seen this issue with seat belt tickets also get a seat belt ticket here in MD and there was no points then I don't know about now but the insurance company looks at it as a Moving violation for 3 years
 
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MadDogMarine

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tomtom said:
I got pulled over for speeding, 75 in a 60.
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Be glad you weren't 20 mph over the posted limit.
I have information Virginia is starting to enforce their FELONY reckless driving
laws as outlined below from the Va. MVA web site.
I just heard of a 17 year old girl doing 20mph over and being charged with a felony. Her mother is an attorney. Very upset attorney.
These stricter enforcements are being pushed by trial lawyers associations.
Most people won't hire an attorney when that cost would be more than the cost of the citation. When a driver is faced with a felony conviction and a year+ in jail, attorneys now have customers.
The police state continues its never ending expansion, all in the name of safety.
You want safety on the highways? Be careful what you ask for.
Adolf Hitler maintained highway "safety checkpoints" so you can show your papers. We are not far off in this country.

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Reckless Driving (Felony or Misdemeanor)

* Reckless driving - speeding in excess of 80 mph (11 years)
* Reckless driving - speeding 20 mph or more above the posted speed limit (11 years)


The years reference is how long the conviction stays on your driving record.
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
 
BOP

BOP

Well-Known Member
MadDogMarine said:
Be glad you weren't 20 mph over the posted limit.
I have information Virginia is starting to enforce their FELONY reckless driving
laws as outlined below from the Va. MVA web site.
I just heard of a 17 year old girl doing 20mph over and being charged with a felony. Her mother is an attorney. Very upset attorney.
These stricter enforcements are being pushed by trial lawyers associations.
Most people won't hire an attorney when that cost would be more than the cost of the citation. When a driver is faced with a felony conviction and a year+ in jail, attorneys now have customers.
The police state continues its never ending expansion, all in the name of safety.
You want safety on the highways? Be careful what you ask for.
Adolf Hitler maintained highway "safety checkpoints" so you can show your papers. We are not far off in this country.

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Reckless Driving (Felony or Misdemeanor)

* Reckless driving - speeding in excess of 80 mph (11 years)
* Reckless driving - speeding 20 mph or more above the posted speed limit (11 years)


The years reference is how long the conviction stays on your driving record.
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
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She should be upset - that her skanky little ho-bag...er, I mean, precious little darling was going 20 mph over the speed limit. At 17, there's no way in hell she has the knowlege, experience, or time behind the wheel to travel at those speeds safely. The ONLY possible thing she has going for her at 17 is (theoretically) better reflexes...which is the way most people drive; that is, reactively, rather than defensively.
 
The_Twisted_Ear

The_Twisted_Ear

A proud Conservative!
Maryland does not access points for tickets received for out of state traffic convictions generally. The ticket you received in Virginia would not be assigned points to go on your MD license unless it is a serious violation instead of something simple like a speeding ticket.

Maryland and Virginia are part of a Driver's License Agreement which allows them to report tickets received in a different state back to the home state. So though it is not likely that you will receive points on your MD license for the VA ticket, the ticket itself might show up on your driving record. Also make sure to take care of the VA ticket because both states are part of a Non-Resident Violator Compact which means if you fail to pay a ticket received in a different state than your home state is required to suspend your driver's license.
 
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