New York Speeding Fines
To find the VTL section you are being charged with look under "Section Sub Section"
If you’re charged with speeding in New York you will be faced with hundreds of dollars worth of fines and court charges. Below list all the possible speeding charges ordered by their Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) section.
You can see the VTL section you’re being charged with by looking at your speeding ticket under the section named “section sub section”.
List of New York Speeding Fines and Surcharges
| New York VTL Section | Max Fine | Court Surcharge |
| 1180 (a) Speed not reasonable and prudent | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 (b) Speed Over State Limit | ||
| >10 mph over limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 ( c) Speeding in school zone (between 6:00pm and 7:00am and non school days) | $80-$85 | |
| >10 mph over limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 (c ) Speeding in school zone on School Days | ||
| >10 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $1,200 | $80-$85 |
| 1180- (d)-1 Speeding in zone | ||
| >10 mph over limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 (d)- Speeding on a Restricted highway | ||
| >10 mph over limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 (c ) Failure to Reduce Speed for vehicles with special hazards | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 (f) Speeding in a Construction Zone | ||
| >10 mph over limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| 1180 (g) Vehicles greater than 18,000 lbs speeding detected using radar | ||
| >10 mph over limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 11-30 mph over limit | $300 | $80-$85 |
| < 31 mph over limit | $600 | $80-$85 |
| 1181(a) Driving too slow impeding traffic | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 1181(b) Driving below minimum posted speed limit | $150 | $80-$85 |
| 1182(1) Unauthorized speed contest (racing) | $525 | $80-$85 |
Each speeding charge comes with points that will go on to your driving record. Below is a list of the points you will receive.
List of New York Speeding Points
| 1-10 mph over posted speed limit | 3 Points |
| 11-20 mph over posted speed limit | 4 Points |
| 21-30 mph over posted speed limit | 6 Points |
| 31-40 mph over posted speed limit | 8 Points |
| Over 40 mph over posted speed limit | 11 Points |
If you want to pay your new york speeding ticket fine online you can only do so if you’re charged in the Traffic Violations Bureau (5 Boros of NYC, Suffolk, Rochester, Buffalo). If you were charged in the TVB you can pay your fine here DMV website. For all other counties in New York, to pay your ticket, follow the instructions on the back of the ticket.
In the event you wish to fight your New York speeding ticket or to negotiate for a reduction then you must check the “Not Guilty” box on your speeding ticket. You should also request a supporting deposition (if you have not received one already from the police officer). A supporting deposition is a written declaration detailing the traffic violation and it is signed by the police officer who issued you the ticket. The supporting deposition might help you fight your ticket. To plea Not Guilty and request a supporting deposition follow the instruction in the back of your New York speeding ticket.
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This is a great post, it defiantly helped me understand my speeding ticket fine that I got driving in upstate new york. Thanks!!
20 mph would work just as well in prctaice but perhaps the unusual number does catch people’s attention. In BombTown, our school zones are posted 15 mph when the lights are flashing.Does anyone know if someone has challenged a bike boulevard speeding ticket in Albuquerque on the basis that the speed limit and signage does not conform to the MUTCD? But to split hairs: The speed limits displayed shall be in multiples of 5 mph. 18 = 5 * 3.6Guess they should say whole multiples
I’m so happy to read this. I got trapped going 85 in 55 in new york and i had no idea what kind of fine i was facing. thanks for the great info
My problem with bccyile speed limits is enforcement. No jurisdiction that I know of requires bccyiles to have a speed measuring device so the bccyile rider cannot know his actual speed. Where I live, bccyile speed limits can be enforced and often are (radar) on multi-use bccyile pathways, usually on Saturdays, when there are pedestrians, skaters, dog-walkers, strollers and anyone else who ventures out. I would rather see cautionary speed signs yellow where excess speed could be dangerous to the bccyile rider.
Awesome read. I just passed this onto a buddy who was doing a little research on new york speeding tickets. He just bought me lunch since I found it for him! Thus let me rephrase: Thanks for lunch!
Make it 15, or even 20, that doesn’t matter to me if you rlelay think the number is an issue. And don’t call reducing the speed limit a bicycle issue. This is a human life issue, and the primary benefactors are pedestrians. I favor reducing the speed limit on all roads in urban areas with regular pedestrian traffic.Design and enforcement are both important considerations, and both need to be be improved. Roads can and should be built to inhibit fast driving. Fines can and should be raised to discourage this deadly behavior.
Thanks for the info this post helped me understand my new york speeding ticket.
I woendr whether the 18 mph sign would be ignored as a joke since it would be so unusual. Along the lines of Ely’s comment, lowering the limit without other adjustments to the road would slow down some drivers; although I suspect that these drivers are already fairly conscientious such that risk to peds and cyclists would be minimally affected. I do think that it would have a positive effect on driver reaction to cyclists when they are taking the lane.