A speeding ticket won’t stop you getting back into the US If you get caught again for an offence in the same county as were your caught in before then you would have issues but nothing major. Just don’t go back to that county ever again. A friend was caught speeding and the cop even told my friend not to bother paying it as long as he was happy to use a different airport for future visits from now on...
I have a friend who was in a similar situation in the Florida Keys. The police paperwork said he should pay a fine or attend a driving school course. My friend thought he would take the course but unfortunately he has never had time. Another friend was stopped for speeding in the Commonwealth of Virginia but lost the set of papers that were given and unfortunately the police appeared to forget him so it was impossible to pay the fine. Yet another friend was stopped for speeding in San Antonio Texas and his dog ate the paperwork before he could read it. Now all these friends have traveled back the the USA together several times since. Sadly they forgot to ask a policeman if he still wanted any money. The police certainly did not mention it, neither did the passport officials - apparently...
They don have your friends passport number so immigration won’t give a shit Tell your friend not to go to Switzerland though.
Yes I agree. A friend of mine was caught in Switzerland as well. He paid the fines in full at the side of the road.
i got clocked by an aircraft in CA and pulled in by Police patrol for doing "well over" 100mph for at least 15 miles on I15 (along with two other cars). The officer said I could pay at the local courthouse (Barstow) or..... plead/pay by post....which is what I did and heard nothing else of it. That was in 1993......in the days before fully computerised records and ESTA forms. You cannot get away with that any longer....especially if in a hire car........you will either get refused entry for subsequent visits or asked to pay up on arrival. Had similar in Germany where rental companies are obliged to give Plod your address/details (and charge you an admin fee to boot)
I've searched the NET and can't find credible evidence of anyone who's ever been refused entry or made to pay upon arrival. Given the grief his missus would give him .. my friend has decided to pay up.... A $35 fine turns into nearly $241 with various other services and charges!!!!
Did you mean to write: "I've searched the NET and can NOT find credible evidence of anyone who's ever been refused entry or made to pay upon arrival." ?
Your friend was unlucky- last May (2016) I got stopped by Kennewick Highway Patrol in Washington State, doing 81mph on a 70 limit road travelling from Seattle to Boise. The patrolman wanted to see my passport (to prove I was from the UK) and the hire car insurance. He took them to his SUV, and returned after a few minutes saying he was letting me off. My son (who lives/works in Boise) reckons it was because the trooper would have had to accompany me to the Police Station to process the fine - a distance of 23 miles from where I was caught, as I wouldn't have the American equivalent of a National Insurance Number, and to do this, would have pissed on his chips and spoiled his chances of catching another handful.
I went to some shit hole place that is supposed to be in Europe a couple of years ago with some guys for a piss up, on the way in our group got stopped as one of us had triggered a bunch of speed cameras the last time they were there in a hire car, he had to pay all his fines plus some other admin charge before they would return his passport.
Been stopped by the guards in Ireland twice for speeding and on both occasions was given a ticket. My brother in-law who was in the guards at the time told me to simply ignore them, there's too much red tape and costs involved to proceed with any kind of fine. . On the third occasion I was driving my then Porsche 968 through Carrick-on-Shannon and I noticed I was catching the attention of the guards. Unknown to me a similar car to mine was being driven at a dangerous high speed in the area. This came to light when a few miles on, in the middle of the country, they put up a road block to catch the culprit. Luckily for me the guard who saw me earlier could vouch where I had been and what speed I had been traveling at. The other driver soon caught me up in the queue at Dublin, and again crossing Anglesey, I was getting a good pace on when he shot past me and waved! The cheeky bugger
