Legal Question in Traffic Law in Pennsylvania

Traffic Tickets in NJ

My sons friend is licensed in PA. He recently got three traffic tickets in NJ. One was for reckless driving because he was driving 30 miles over the speed limit, the cop said reckless is automatic if you are exceeding the speed by that much, the other was for speeding and the last one was for disregard of a posted speed limit sign. His friend told him that because he has a PA license he would only have to pay the fines and would not get any points. Somehow this doesn't make any sense to me. What are his options?


Asked on 1/15/07, 3:57 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Marc V. Taiani AAAL - Allegheny Attorneys At Law

Re: Traffic Tickets in NJ

Your friend's son is sort of correct...points are accrued and given by each state to their respective licensed drivers. In the event you were to obtain a ticket in any state outside of PA you would be responsible for paying the fine, but you would not receive any points. This is because their is no reciprocity between PA and other states in regards to points.

However, reciprocity does exist for license suspensions. In other words, if you are cited for an offense which would lead to your license being suspended in that state, then PA would suspend your license.

Please remember that even if you do not receive points, you pleading guilty to a citation in another state would reflect on your driving record, and in turn may effect the premium you pay to your insurance company. In other words, the best way to avoid higher premiums is to always plead not guilty to any citation and retain local legal counsel to defend against the charges.

For more information please feel free to contact my office at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

Marc V. Taiani, Esquire

AAAL - Allegheny Attorneys At Law, PC

412.731.0865

www.AlleghenyAttorneys.com

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Answered on 1/16/07, 11:32 am


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