Drivers who receive traffic citations in North Carolina are saving time by paying citation fees and related costs online rather than making a trip to the courthouse.

A new system, called payNCticket, accepts payments for traffic and other offenses that cannot be contested in a court of law.

The system was built by the judicial branch’s N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) to provide benefits to both citizens and court officials and staff. In addition to providing a more convenient payment option for citizens, payNCticket allows for quicker disposal of cases because of its automatic updates of case records.

Statewide, the program has saved citizens hundreds of thousands of hours and it has saved courthouse staff more than 7,600 hours by eliminating the need to manually take ...