My elderly dad received a notice of liability for running a red in Nassau County, and then later a notice of a late fee added to the unpaid ticket. Neither the original notice nor the late fee notice provide a photo of the vehicle as is typical of camera violation notices. There is no option to contest the violation. On the bottom of the notice reads "no points will be assessed for this notice of liability."
When I went to the provided url "
DriveSafelyinNassau.com", I was redirected to "
violationinfo.com". If this website isn't a red flag, I don't know what is, but apparently this company has contracts with several jurisdictions to collect on red light violations. Of course my first thought was someone is trying to rip off my dad and other gullible people because there's no way this site is legit.
Reading up on
violationinfo.com it becomes clear that the legitimacy of these violation notices is rather shaky depending on which state you're in. What should we know about this type of camera violation in the state of NY? What are the real life consequences of not paying this?