Monthly Archives: August 2010

Staten Island Traffic Violations Bureau Most Likely To Suspend

The Traffic Violations Bureau adjudicates traffic tickets in New York City, Suffolk, Rochester and Buffalo.  Because its judges are DMV employees, their decision regarding whether to suspend (or not) for too many points (or some other non-mandatory reason) takes the … Continue reading

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CEO Gets Speeding Ticket (91/35) While Test Driving A Super Car (And Couldn't Care Less)

Claus Ettensberer, CEO of CEC, a luxury car accessories company, was lucky enough to be able to test drive a Lexus LFA, a sports car with a starting price of $375,000.  The FLA has a 4.8 liter V10 engine 9,000 … Continue reading

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Best And Worst NYC Traffic Courts For Motorists To Get Lucky

Your best bet for winning a Traffic Violations Bureau traffic ticket is if the police officer is unavailable.  At the TVB, there is no plea-bargaining.  If you fight a traffic ticket, it is “all or nothing”.   The TVB is an … Continue reading

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Worst Traffic Court In New York State: Staten Island Traffic Violations Bureau

In New York City, Rochester, Buffalo and most of Suffolk, there is no plea-bargaining of traffic tickets.  If you fight one, it is “all or nothing”.  Hearings  in these areas are held at the Traffic Violations Bureau, an arm of … Continue reading

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Bronx Traffic Violations Bureau: Busiest Traffic Court In The State

The New York City Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) adjudicates a huge volume of New York City traffic tickets with the Bronx Traffic Violations Bureau handling the most tickets in the TVB system and most likely making it the busiest traffic … Continue reading

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Suspension Termination Fee Generated Over $32 Million In 2009

If your New York driver’s license or privilege is suspended for any reason (other than DMV error), you must pay a suspension termination fee.  This fee is in addition to any fine, surcharge or other monies owed on the underlying … Continue reading

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New York City Traffic Tickets Generate BIG Money

By virtue of a Freedom of Information Act request, I have un-covered a wealth of statistics about the New York City Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) and New York City traffic tickets which generally is not known by the public.  My … Continue reading

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New Red Light Camera Rules To Make It Easier To Tow

As reported this week in the NY Post, effective September 13, 2010, New York City Marshals will be allowed to tow any vehicle with a combined $350 owed for parking tickets and red-light camera summonses.  Previously, fines owed for red-light … Continue reading

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NYC’s Most Dangerous Intersection

CBS TV reports that 33 accidents have occurred over the last 1 1/2 years at the intersection of 71st Street, Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues.  Traffic comes from multiple directions at this unual “bow-tie” intersection in the Upper Westside making it … Continue reading

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Why I Didn’t Jump Off The Lighthouse

So it’s a beautiful Summer evening and I am bobbing up and down in my friend Eric Crew’s speed boat in Cohasset Bay, about 1 hour south of Boston. I’m looking up at a lighthouse with a set of rungs … Continue reading

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