I am a resident of California, and have my car registered in the state
of California. I also have a California driver's license. I received
two tickets (one for speeding and one for reckeless driving) in one
weekend while driving through South Carolina in April of 2005.  I was
told by both police officers that, because I had a California driver's
license, I had to pay the fines in cash immediately, or I would be
taken to jail. Both police officers also
told me that the violations would not affect my record in California.
Operating under the assumption that my record in California would be
unaffected, I simply paid the fines in both instances and continued on
my trip.  In august of 2005, however, I received a letter from the DMV
of California, notifying me that I had accumulated 3 pts (2 for
reckless driving + 1 for speeding) within a certain amount of time,
and also warning me that if I were to receive another ticket within
the next couple of months, my license would be suspended.  Despite
what the police officers had said, the tickets had affected my record.  After
receiving the letter, I proceeded to call the DMV of California and
South Carolina to see what I could do, to at least get one of the
tickets off of my record.  I was told by the DMV of California that I
could not take traffic school in CA because I had gotten the ticket
outside of CA and that I would have to sort out
the issue with South Carolina.  The DMV of South Carolina then told me
that they offered traffic school only for residents of South Carolina
and that they did not offer any online courses.  Basically, the
California DMV told me to take care of it with the South Carolina DMV,
and the South Carolina DMV told me to take care of it with the
California DMV, because that was the state in which my record had been
affected.  I was subsequently told that it would not be possible to
get the reckless driving ticket off my record, so I am trying at least
to go to traffic school to get the other speeding ticket off my
record, in order to hopefully mitigate the increase in my insurance. 
 What are the rules governing California residents who receive tickets for
moving violations in other states? What is the procedure that these
California residents are supposed to follow, in order to clean their
record of infractions recorded in other states? e.g. I get a ticket
driving through South Carolina and it affects my CA driving record --
how do I get it off of my CA driving record? Also, if it is in fact
possible to go to traffic school to get rid of one of the tickets, is
there a finite window of time within in which I have to act, after
having received the ticket? e.g. If I got the ticket in april 2005,
until when can I
go to traffic school to get it off of my record?

I had a similar situation.  I live in California and got a speeding
ticket in Oregon and ran into the same kind of issues.  See the
following thread.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=444085

I was told by California I couldn't go to traffic school there because
I got the ticket in Oregon.  Oregon told me that no traffic school was
available for me and it wasn't their problem.  Neither state had
anything I could take on the internet for the traffic ticket either. 
Hope you have better luck.

that sux~

Doubtless this will bring down a maelstrom of retribution from Google
readers but nevertheless??? To get a speeding ticket is unfortunate,
to get a speeding and a reckless in one weekend seems to be just a
touch careless. You broke the law (twice), you got caught and you got
punished. What is the problem here? California DMV have told you that
if you get another ticket in the next few months you may lose your
license, so the lesson seems to be, slow down a touch. As James Dean
said half a century ago, ?the life you save might be mine?. It is
ironic that you are looking to take Driver?s Ed to get some points off
your license when perhaps you should be doing the Drivers Ed anyway
just to improve your driving skills.

Now braced for hundreds of rebuttals from motorists who know their
rights but not their responsibilities.

Here, here, dgp-ga.

To drive in such a way as to get a speeding ticket and reckless
driving, and then to gripe and worry about getting popped again within
a relatively short amount of time is, well, in my opinion, reckless. 
I'm guessing your of the opinion (and probably are fond of saying) "I
drive fast, but I'm safe".  I'm with dgp-ga:  Take it easy, slow down,
accept responsibility for your actions.

When you paid the ticket and did not later apper in court you in
effect plead guilty.  Your option then was to appear in court and work
out a deal - like going to driving school.  It is too late to do that
now.  All your options on how to handle the ticket should have been
printed on the back of the ticket.  You may have relied on bad advice
concerning the ticket but that's in the past.