The City of White Plains hosts one of the busiest traffic courts in Westchester County and probably the most common traffic infraction cited in White Plains is speeding. That’s understandable with Interstate 287, the Hutchinson River Parkway and the Bronx River Parkway running through it. As a result, in addition to the White Plains Police Department, speeding tickets returnable in the White Plains City Court are issued by the Westchester County Police and the New York State Police.
A common hot spot for White Plains speeding tickets, especially work zone speeding tickets is Interstate 287. For the past several years construction work has been taking place on I-287 in White Plains. This construction results in “work zones” or “work areas” along I-287 wherein the speed limit is 45 mph.
Not only are work zone speed limits generally 10 to 20 mph less than the normal speed limits, the minimum fine for speeding in a work zone is double that of a non work zone speeding ticket. You may not drive through a work or road maintenance area faster than the posted speed limit (VTL §1180(f)). However, as I stated above, the speed limit in these areas is generally 10 mph to 20 mph less than usual and can tend to sneak up on drivers. A work zone speed limit may not be more than 20 mph below the normally posted speed limit for that area nor may a work zone speed limit be less than 25 mph. (VTL § 1180(f)).