A South Carolina man said he received a speeding ticket in the mail this week for an incident in 1985 he thought was long resolved.

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John Jeffords said he received the ticket in the mail Tuesday from Newberry County and said he could recall the incident involving his old turbocharged Volvo, WIS-TV, Columbia, S.C., reported Thursday.

"I had a car that tended to get me in a little trouble from time to time," Jeffords said. "One of those, that you look down at your speedometer and you're doing 90 in a 60 or 55 mile zone at that time. So yeah, I got a few and I do remember one in Newberry."

However, Jeffords said he can recall paying the ticket via mail with a money order to avoid having to go to court.

"The trial date was going to be between Christmas and New Year's," he said. "I was going to be out of town, so I go to a convenience store, get a money order and send the ticket off. Think nothing of it. Thought it was done."

Newberry County said the $45 money order never arrived and officials are now demanding payment.

"I've moved numerous times," Jeffords said. "I've changed my address every time I've moved. I've paid other tickets and fines. Seemed like it would have been brought to my attention. I just don't know how it slipped through the cracks. Don't understand it."

Jeffords said he has not yet decided whether he will pay the fine for a second time.