Originally Posted by tom911
Knowing how much Ryan travels, though, I expect he would be back in Australia, and there would be some risk of the ticket being in a data base there that might catch up with him upon entry back into Australia.
I wonder if a call to the Australian consulate in San Francisco might be a good place to start? Maybe they can direct him somewhere else to call and sort this out.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/missions/countries/ussf.html
Absolutely .... Australia's border control systems are very advanced, and that nice little summons sitting there on the NSW Police computer system will be picked up when you re-enter. You could then either be refused entry, or simply sent to prison for failure to pay the fine
Definitely do something about it if you intend returning to Australia.
The police have to send you a copy of the photo by law - this should indicate whether or not you were in fact the offending driver.