How Does A Speeding Ticket Causing My Car Insurance Price Increase?

 

September 4, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: auto insurance quotes 

Reader question:

If I get a speeding ticket, for how long will it make my car insurance price higher?

Orlando

Good question.

It actually depends a lot on where you are located and what car insurance company you are with. Many states have a kind of point system, where you gain points for every offense that you commit, from driving uninsured to going over the speed limit. In these states, offenses start to fall off after a year of driving clean, and you will lose points this way. So, once the points that you gained from a ticket have been lost, you will no longer be charged higher rates for them.

In other states, especially for a serious offense like a second speeding ticket, you might have to get SR 22 car insurance. If you get this, it will usually stay with you for three years, but your rates might be affected for five.

cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

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