Speeding Ticket

[APXD 30]

I hear NY is though about speeding, especially for major offenses.

A non-resident college friend of mine, worked for his embassy and legitimately had diplomatic plates from '99-'06.    In 2003, while rushing back to DC on an ambitious weekend ski trip to VT, he was almost arrested in NY for doing >30mph over the interstate speed limit.   

This was not unusual for him as I was during a similar instance in CO.  Usually, he would show his ID, the cops would check into the law, and he would be on his way again.   The CO officer truly hated this the time I was with him. 

However the NY cop attempted to arrest him until the Secretary General's office contacted the dispatcher to advise them that he could not be detained.   He racked up several tickets, during his time here but had to actually pay NY ticket 3 years later.   They somehow threatened or actually did hold up the export of his A6 home to Czech.

I believe that NY state filed some sort of lien against either the car or the diplomatic tags.   He told me that it cost him >$500 in the end.