Drivers from other states break the rules in New York, and then do not pay fines: debts have already accumulated in the millions

Drivers of cars registered in other states owe New York City tens of millions of dollars for more than 3,5 million unpaid fines for traffic violations and improper parking in the city. The statistics relate to fines issued by police officers and city speed cameras from 2016 to 2020 inclusive. This study showed city ​​dataconducted by street blog.

For the period from 2016 to 2020, only 22% of all fines were imposed cars from other states, but of which 30 percent was not paid. By comparison, drivers of cars with NYC license plates received 78% of fines during this period, but only 14% of them were unpaid.

Out-of-State Car Owners Responsible for 38% all unpaid fines issued in 2016-2020.

The most common vehicles on the roads in New York are registered in Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.

17% of accidents are caused by cars from other states

A Streetblog investigation found out-of-state vehicles were involved in a disproportionate number of accidents, including fatalities.

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Since 2019, cars, buses, motorcycles, and other vehicles with out-of-state license plate numbers account for approximately 17% of accidents in the city. And 20% of the cars that have been involved in fatal urban accidents had numbers from other states.

Of course, it is impossible to say how many cars with out-of-state numbers pass through city streets at any given moment, but this is definitely less than 20% that are involved in fatal accidents, and less than 22%, this is how many penalties for violation of parking and traffic rules received cars from other states in New York since 2016.

Many out-of-state cars are actually owned by New Yorkers who are involved in some form of insurance fraud. Auto insurance is much cheaper outside of New York City, so many register cars in other areas to pay lower premiums.

Statistics

Here's how the numbers on violations and payment of fines received in New York were divided among car owners in other states in 2020:

• 1 fines were issued for cars with New Jersey license plates, 248 of which, or 354%, remained unpaid.
• Cars with Connecticut license plates received 184 fines, but 881 (64%) went unpaid.
• 389 fines were issued for cars with Pennsylvania license plates, but 932 of them (156%) remained unpaid.
• 456 fines were issued for cars with Texas license plates, of which 738 (158%) remained unpaid.
• Cars with Florida license plates received 237 fines, 626 or 68% were left unpaid.
• 75 fines were issued for cars with North Carolina license plates, of which 411 (30%) have not yet been paid.

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Cars with license plates from all other states, Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia collected 2020 fines in 608. Of these, 218 (325%) remained unpaid.

Fines are sent to fake addresses

Collecting fines from people who register their cars out of state is more difficult because the fines are sent to a fake address (the car owner does not live there and may not have anything to do with the place at all).

Some motorists owe tens of thousands of dollars for improper parking and traffic violations. One of these is the owner of a Honda with a Pennsylvania state number. According to the police, the car belongs to Tyric Mott. The driver has collected nearly 100 red light and speeding fines and has thousands of dollars in unpaid parking fines.