NYS "Driver Responsibility Assessment"

[Phokaioglaukos]

Good news is that when another state reports speeding tickets to PA, PA ignores them. That doesn't apply to really serious offenses, but PA does not add to my driving record speeding outside of PA. Nice.

Bad news is that NY counts NY points for me even though I have a PA license. Now that I got to 6 points [paid the fines for the tickets to the NY courts] I got an assessment from NY DMV for $300. The letter says that my NYS driver license [none] and/or privilege of obtaining a NYS driver license will be suspended if I fail to pay the assessment. Not needing a NY license any time soon, I'm inclined to ignore the assessment. Unlike the civil assessments VA instituted that apply only to VA residents, NY is trying to get money from non-residents! I looked for any cases on this provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and there are none, except for a half-hearted attempt a NY resident made to claim the assessment was illegal because he did not have notice of it. Nothing on NY's jurisdiction over non-residents.

What would YOU do?