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In article <2t0088$nti@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> achern@wam.umd.edu (Alex Chernyakov) writes:

   I am a Maryland resident, have a Maryland driver's licence, and my
   car is registered in Maryland. If I'm driving in, say, VA and I 
   get a speeding ticket, will the MD MVA find out about the violation? 
   If not, will my insurance company find out about it? 

The fine officer who stopped me two Fridays ago informed me that MD and VA
are reciprocal states.  I.e., they trade ticket information.  Fortunately, 
he took pity and gave me a ticket for speeding 80/65, not reckless driving
80/65.  Note that speeding more than 20 miles over the limit is declared
reckless driving in VA, but automatically applies over 75 mph.
I suspect the officer also gave me a break hoping that I wouldn't bother
taking it to court, since reckless driving charges require a court
appearance.
Another fortunate fact is that I knew I'd be in Virginia, so I left my
radar detector at home.  The officer was suspicious when he saw the cord 
in my cig lighter, though, since I had left that plugged in -- his very
first question was, "What's plugged into your cigarette lighter?  What's
it attached to?"  When I showed him that it wasn't attached to anything,
his next question was, "Where's your radar detector?"  It seems that the
stories are true; they're really uptight about fuzzbusters down there.

In any case, my insurance company will likely not be pleased, and I'm
sure they won't want to hear about the clear highway, the light traffic,
my safe use of turn signals when lane changing, my proper lane use (i.e.,
pass left, drive right), and will just slap me with increased rates.
Ah, the joys of corporate America. :(

Moral:   be DAMN careful in Virginia, even if you're an out-of-state driver.
         Or get a Beartracker. :)

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