What To Do If You Receive A Traffic Ticket 


INTRODUCTION 
If you are issued a ticket for a non - criminal moving traffic violation in the five boroughs of New York City , it will be handled by a New York State Department of Motor Vehicles DMV Traffic Violations Bureau TVB. This allows courts in these areas to concentrate on criminal cases, including driving offenses, such as driving while intoxicated and driving while suspended or revoked aggravated unlicensed operation. However , TVBs do not handle parking violations. If you plead not guilty to a traffic ticket in one of these TVB areas , your case will be heard by a DMV Administrative Law Judge ALJ, an experienced attorney with special training in the Vehicle and Traffic Law. An ALJ has the authority to decide whether or not you are guilty and to set a fine if you are found guilty. An ALJ also has the authority to revoke or suspend your driver license and/or auto registration when required by law or when the ALJ believes it is in the interest of traffic safety. Just as in traffic courts in other areas of the state , you may present witnesses and evidence at a hearing before an ALJ and be represented by an attorney. 

IF YOU ARE ISSUED A TICKET 
Follow the instructions on the ticket for the plea you wish to make, and act promptly. If you don't answer the ticket in the time allowed , your driver license will be suspended. Later , you could be found guilty of the charge because of your failure to respond a default conviction. Your license would be suspended for not paying the fine and a judgment would be entered against you. Driving with a suspended license is a crime. A felony conviction may result in fines of up to $5,000, jail, probation, or confiscation of your vehicle. As the number of suspensions you have increases , the penalties also increase. A driver is suspended for ticket not answered and fine not paid. To Plead Not Guilty - Use the Traffic Ticket Pleas, Hearings and Payments online transaction [1] or

user: Afternoon. I'm reaching out because I received a Traffic Ticket from the Traffic Violations Bureau and I don't know what to do. 

user: I mean I'm pretty sure the decision was incorrect, so I believe I can appeal that..

user: My violation points from a 18 month period does not add up 11. What's the consequence if they add up 11 or more?.

assistant: In that case your license may be revoked or suspended following a hearing.

user: Yes that's what they did. But I was also issued a ticket before that, but I don't know what to do with that.

assistant: Follow the instructions on the ticket for the plea you wish to make , and act promptly.

assistant: Just to be sure, you didn't answer your ticket in the time allowed, is thast correct?

user: Yes, I didn't answer the ticket is that bad?.

assistant: Yes, that's basically why you got your license suspended. You were found guilty of the charge of "failure to respond a default conviction" so that's why your license now is suspended. It has nothing to do with your violation points adding up 11 or more (since it's not your case, because they add up less) 

user: So can I get another date for my hearing? I mean, I know I can't postpone it now, but I'd like some sort of appeal to explain or get a chance to another hearing.

assistant:  The appropriate TVB must receive your request by mail at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearings (your hearing happened already) but you can request another hearing in person at that office.