Strange Thing About Automated Speeding Tickets in New York State

You have to pay a company in Pennsylvania when you get a ticket sent to your house from the automated cameras on the Thruway in New York State.

It's hard not to think this is a scam, especially lately when everything feels like it could possibly be a scam.

We got a ticket in the mail for going over 11 MPH. Apparently, the threshold for forgiveness is 10 MPH over the speed limit. The ticket will have pictures of your car from different angles, the and/or your license plate.

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You have to pay a company in Pennsylvania when you get a ticket sent to your house from the automated cameras on the Thruway in New York State.

It's hard not to think this is a scam, especially lately when everything feels like it could possibly be a scam.

We got a ticket in the mail for going over 11 MPH. Apparently, the threshold for forgiveness is 10 MPH over the speed limit. The ticket will have pictures of your car from different angles, the and/or your license plate.

The ticket got sent to our house, but the weird part is that they want us to send the money to Philadelphia.
Isn't that pretty strange? And ironic.

There are two ways to pay that is listed on the ticket. You can pay by credit card or by check or money order. If you want to pay by check, you have to pay "NYS Work Zone Speed Enforcement Program and the address is in Pennsylvania. The company that New York State must have hired is a processing company out of state, which is pretty ironic. I know that the cameras are to keep people safe, but you can't help but think there is an element of a "money grab" for the State.

You should definitely be safe but there are some times where it's certainly feels like a money grab from New York State. They gave out 2,500 tickets in nearly a week on the 290. Recently some people have been receiving tickets from speeding a little over at 11 at night which is not when they are doing construction. It doesn't make it right but it's just worth pointing out.