‘Some people think it’s a scam’ 33-year-old speeding ticket comes back to haunt Rhode Island driver

Bob Arruda thought the story of his youthful speeding ticket was long over.

After all, it happened back in 1992, when grunge ruled the airwaves and he was just a guy driving home from an Allman Brothers concert. He’d been pulled over in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Arruda didn’t think he was speeding, hired a lawyer, fought the ticket, and won. That was the end of it…or so he believed.

Fast forward more than 30 years, and Arruda, now living a quiet life in Exeter, Rhode Island, walked into the DMV to renew his driver’s license

Instead of the usual minor hassle, though, he walked out with a headache…

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