ANST - Louisiana Speeding Ticket

[Decker, Terry D.]

IIRC, all states are now signatory to the Interstate Compact, which means
that unless your friend is going to do a total identity change, the
authorities can track him when a new driver's license is issued.  Under the
Compact, the states share driver information to stop individuals who
maintain multiple drivers licenses and try to hide violations.  Louisiana
will probably know where your friend is, they just won't do anything because
of the cost.

The ticket represents a summons.  Should your friend fail to appear, a bench
warrant will be issued.  It probably will not be served, because your friend
is out of state, but it will be placed on file.  Should your friend be
stopped in Louisiana again, he has a better than even chance of spending
some time in the lock-up.

Should your friend fail to pay the fine or appear in court, he  will have
committed the federal felony of interstate flight to avoid prosecution.
While I don't expect anyone push it, this can go off like a bomb, if your
friend goes into politics or applies for a security clearance.

My advice would be fight it or pay the fine and hope that the blemish on his
driving record gets lost in the paperwork shuffle of changing licenses.

Bear 

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> From: 	Margo Lynn Hablutzel[SMTP:Hablutzel at compuserve.com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, March 09, 1999 7:01 AM
> To: 	ANSTEORRA LIST
> Subject: 	ANST - Louisiana Speeding Ticket
> 
> A friend who just moved to Elfsea from Trimaris got a speeding ticket in
> Louisiana and is quite annoyed.  So annoyed he didn't bother to read it
> until this weekend and discovered that he was supposed to call an 800# to
> get more information.  So he called me, and I pointed out that I have
> never
> gotten a speeding ticket in Louisiana, but that he should call the number
> immediately and get as much information as possible.  His theory is that
> since he is moving anyway they cannot track him down as the address on his
> license -- and in fact the license itself -- are becoming obsolete.
> 
> Anyone have some better information that I can provide to him?  Besides,
> "you idiot, you should have been more alert and watched for speed traps"?
> 
> 
>                                         ---= Morgan
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