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I am 21, live and have my driver's license in VA, but also have a home in MD. I got pulled over at coming home from Ocean City doing 78 in a 55. I heard some states do not give points if you pay the fee, so will I get points for paying? If I do get points can I take a driving improvement class, to erase the points?

Virginia and Maryland both are members of the Drivers License Compact. This allows them to exchange information regarding their licensed drivers and traffic violations with other member states. So Maryland will inform the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles about this MD speeding ticket conviction.

The Virginia DMV site notes that out of state violations will be placed on your VA driving record and demerit points will be assigned as well. Speeding 23 mph over the limit in Virginia can be considered reckless driving and 6 points on your VA driving history.

If you want to keep the speeding citation from being transmitted to Virginia, you may need to speak with the MD courts and see if there are options to dismiss the ticket such as taking a defensive driving class or traffic school there.

In Virginia, if the ticket is placed on your record and points are assessed, you might see if completing a driver improvement course is available to you. Normally you can accumulate a total of 5 safe driving points, which you may use to offset demerit points, by taking this driving class. To see if this course of action is an available to you, check with the Virginia DMV.

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This car insurance question was asked on 8/23/2006
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