OT:Speeding ticket in another state= "points"??, Wife got busted in TX.... Options

[Mueller]

So we made the 2250 miles from California to Louisiana with no problems last weekend (40 hours worth of driving)......I drove most of the way, but would let the wife drive when I needed a nap...a few times I'd mention to her that she better slow down (posted nighttime limit is 65 in TX)(80mph is her favorite number it seems)....she often complains that I only go a few MPH over the limit...well, we are driving a bright red car with CA plates (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

We handle our business in Louisiana and head on back to California....finally at about 11pm on Sat, near Fort Stockton, I am woken up from my nap with my wife mumbling "damn, i think I'm getting a ticket"....

Cop asks "what's the hurry", wife just says she's kinda daydreaming (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

So, the ticket will be about $140 or so I think (forget the excact amount right now)

Needless to say, my wife did slow down and mostly obey the speedlimit...I'm kinda glad she got pulled over, she hardley ever listens to me when it comes to things like this...luckly, it was just a ticket and that we didn't hit any of the deer we see eating on the side of the road....they have the speed limit for reason and on that section of highway, it's much more safer to travel at the posted 65 due to all the deer....

[Red-Beard]

QUOTE (Verruckt @ Jul 24 2005, 01:44 PM)

Most states don't "talk". I doubt that Texas reports to California, and vice versa. Call a traffic attorney and just get his quick over the phone advice. More than likely, I would say pay it and don't worry about it. I could be wrong, but in my years of driving in both Ks and Mo, Kansas never reported to Missouri any of my bads..   (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) I am suprised thought that she didn't have to pay a bond, or surrender her license on the spot. Usually that is dont as a safegaurd that you will take care of the ticket.

I call BS.

I have a license suspension from NY recorded on my California record that showed up when the insurance agent ran our record as we moved to Texas.

Texas does not generally share it's info with other states. But, just because you don't get the points on your license, do not think the Insurance companies cannot find out.

Anyway, try Call up the Jurisdiction involved and ask about what tat2dphreak said.

Fort Stockton is well known to be a speed trap. I was stopped there last winter for no reason. I was doing 70 mph in a 65. He didn't have me clocked, or anything. He made me wait in the cold, behind the car while he bitched out my wife in Spanish that she shouldn't let me speed. Then let me off.

Was is local or was it DPS (State Highway Patrol)?