Traffic Enforcement & Prosecution

The Town of Olive is mostly made up of rural highways without much traffic though Route 28 can be fairly heavily traveled in summer and during holidays. Traffic enforcement by local constables is inconsistent and many tickets written along Route 28 are by NYS troopers who patrol the road intensively.   Additional traffic enforcement is performed by the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office. There are no major highways to patrol, so enforcement is strictest in the most heavily populated areas. Speeding tickets are usually written for speeds more than 10 mph over the limit, except in lower speed zones. In addition, the police regularly look for miscellaneous vehicle and traffic violations to initiate traffic stops.

Traffic Court

The NYS Police are prohibited from negotiating plea bargains on traffic violations.  Unfortunately, no special town prosecutor has been appointed to deal with tickets written by the NYS police.  As such, Trooper tickets will likely have to go to trial, since they are unable to negotiate.

Local police officers generally prosecute their own tickets. Most tickets are resolved through plea bargains.

The wait to speak to speak to the officers is typically not very long. Less than a 1 hour wait is usual. Attorneys are permitted to appear without their clients being present for traffic court.

For more information about speeding and other traffic offenses, click here.

To read some Frequently Asked Traffic Law questions, click here.

For information about having the Law Office of Glenn Magnell defend your speeding ticket or DWI charge,, click here.

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