Driver's License Points for non-local licenses

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Border states such as New York have reciprocity data sharing agreements with neighboring provinces (Ontario and Quebec in the case of NY State).

A Canadian, say with an Ontario licence caught speeding in NY can have Ontario demerit points assessed against their Ontario licence. If they have too many points (including whatever points they may have earned at home) (oversimplifying a bit) their Ontario licence will no longer be valid, which means it's not legal for them to drive in Ontario or in NY State. Their insurance will probably increase in cost before that. Presumably the same is true in reverse of the NY State driver in Ontario or Quebec who misinterprets the 100km/h limit as 100mph and gets herself stopped.

This would indicate to me that they don't keep track themselves of points on foreign licenses.

Of course that's only NY State. Each state (and DC, I assume) can do things their own way. I try to avoid such interactions with the local authorities, even in places like the US where most of the police are honest.

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