sashachamp
New Member
Hello All. This is my first time here. I was hoping someone could answer a question for me.
I am from, and have always lived in California. Way back in 1993 I was driving from NYC to Washington DC for the Clinton inauguration. I was with a friend, driving her brand new car and was pulled over in North Carolina for a speeding ticket. I don't remember how fast I was going, but I know it wasn't excessive. (And for the record, I have been driving for 25 years now, and that was the ONLY speeding ticket I've ever received.)
When I got home from DC I asked a close family friend, who was an LAPD detective, what I should do. He told me to ignore it unless I ever planned to visit North Carolina again, which I didn't. About 5 years later the guilt got to me, so I tried to clear it up but was unable to. I contacted authorities in both California and North Carolina and they couldn't find anything on record. I was told by another police officer to just "let it go" since they couldn't find any record of it.
Fast forward almost 20 years later, I am trying to renew my driver license (which I've obviously done several times since 1993). I was eligible to do it online, which I did, but I still haven't received my license. Now, over 3 months later I finally contacted the DMV and they told me there was a computer glitch at the time I renewed online, so they gave me another number to call. I called that number and they said they just needed to check to see if I ever got a ticket out of state before they would send me my new license.
I know they added more security measures to the new driver licenses, but what's the liklihood that ticket from 1993 would show up now?
I am from, and have always lived in California. Way back in 1993 I was driving from NYC to Washington DC for the Clinton inauguration. I was with a friend, driving her brand new car and was pulled over in North Carolina for a speeding ticket. I don't remember how fast I was going, but I know it wasn't excessive. (And for the record, I have been driving for 25 years now, and that was the ONLY speeding ticket I've ever received.)
When I got home from DC I asked a close family friend, who was an LAPD detective, what I should do. He told me to ignore it unless I ever planned to visit North Carolina again, which I didn't. About 5 years later the guilt got to me, so I tried to clear it up but was unable to. I contacted authorities in both California and North Carolina and they couldn't find anything on record. I was told by another police officer to just "let it go" since they couldn't find any record of it.
Fast forward almost 20 years later, I am trying to renew my driver license (which I've obviously done several times since 1993). I was eligible to do it online, which I did, but I still haven't received my license. Now, over 3 months later I finally contacted the DMV and they told me there was a computer glitch at the time I renewed online, so they gave me another number to call. I called that number and they said they just needed to check to see if I ever got a ticket out of state before they would send me my new license.
I know they added more security measures to the new driver licenses, but what's the liklihood that ticket from 1993 would show up now?