Howie Schultz : How much would a speeding ticket really cost in terms of car insurance and other costs?

Speeding tickets- can cost you your cheap car insurance.

Response : Howie, yes speeding tickets can prove very costly in terms of other cost and can also deprive you off cheap car insurance rates, since insurance is dependent on your driving history. Well do not be dispappointed and dejected since for every thing there are solutions and I will show you the solution.

When a driver is pulled over by a police officer and issued a citation, the first thing they look at is how much the ticket is going to cost them. They flip it over and read the number and think that is all it will cost. However, receiving a ticket carries several hidden costs. :
1) The first hidden cost is time. Often people are caught for speeding and say they were running late, they were trying to make up time.
2) They have to pay the fine, appear in court.
3) They need to find out details of a safe drivers course, pay for it and take it.
4) The biggest cost though is usually felt in insurance rates. A ticket’s cost in insurance premiums is often many times more than the fine associated with the violation. Some violations can even result in a company dropping a driver’s coverage or refusing to renew coverage. Your auto insurance premium will be higher and the driving violation will on your record for a period of 3-5 years depending upon the state you are living in. Let me tell you a truth, which is that the auto insurance company will charge you a higher premium not for one year, but for three years. You loose your cheap auto insurance rates.

Yes, the solution is there and it is to compare your auto insurance quotes online, to improve your driving record since just one ticket is not going to crucify you. It would be worth-while to seek an appeal for the speeding ticket, since if it is the first offence the court will also let you off. Another very important thing for young drivers, fresh drivers or college students is too take up the graduated driving lessons which will give you discounts and so your increase ratings would not affect you – you would still be on the scale of a cheap car insurance quote which you were enkoying previously.

I am sure that you have done the research and compared the policies and you know that you have found the cheapest auto insurance rates. The real key, however, is keeping that cheap auto insurance rate. The best way to keep auto insurance rates low is to keep a clean driving record. If keeping a clean driving record means an improvement in your driving record it may be time to compare auto insurance rates with other carriers and discounts for good driving records can vary from company to company.However, the best thing to do is to be careful, not to speed as far as possible.
Thanks.
Kamlesh

Kim Roach: I am a college student and looking for the best car insurance rates? Is it okay if I do not opt for certain coverages like uninsured driver auto insurance? What happens when you get into an accident with a driver who has no auto insurance coverage? Will I get this benefit even if I do not have uninsured drivers coverage?
Response :As a college studnet I understand the need to having very cheap auto insurance rates and still wanting the best auto insurance coverages. Let me inform you that presently in the USA one driver out of every six driver is uninsured. Hence presently, this is one of the compelling reasons why you need to have auto insurance coverage and besides this you need an uninsured driver or underinsured drivers coverage. The main reason for insurance is to help you not getting into financial problems. If you do not have the best car insurance coverages than the very purpose of auto insurance would be defeated when something unwanted happens.
The underinsured or uninsured drivers car insurance coverage is not mandatory in all states of the USA. It is a coverage which is priced very low and hence it is safer to have it than not have it at this juncture when there is a large amount of people who are driving the highways and by ways of USA without insurance. .
Here are a scenario about what happens when an insured driver collides with an uninsured or underinsured driver:
• Uninsured driver – If your car collides with an uninsured driver and he or she is at fault, than your uninsured drivers coverage will pay for the repairs of your car and also any injury that you or any passengers in your car sustain. The only part is that your insurance company should conclude that you were not at fault. This is not so much of a problem since the traffic rules and deciding who is at fault is already laid down as per the traffic guidelines and the insurance regulations which the insurance companies have to abide to. You will need to get as much information from the driver and relay it to your insurance company. Depending on who is at fault and what was damaged, your insurance company will reimburse the damage to your car but probably at the expense of your premiums. The main thing to focus here is that this would not be considered a claim under your policy for underwriting purpose and so your insurance premium will not shoot up in the subsequent year. You will want to consider a lawsuit against the uninsured driver in this case or if your insurance company agrees they would pay you and you will subrogate the rights against the uninsured driver to them. In the question of underinsured driver it is the same case as above. What you need to consider is that you would be a winner in either situation if an accident happens.
Yes, this is given at the best car insurance rates since the premium for this is not high – it is purely based on the insurance industry claim data for such incidents, which is very low.
For getting cheap auto insurance quotes and best car insurance rates, please refer to my earlier post on the same on this blog. It would be a pleasure to answer any further questions you have once you have dig into and read my posts.

Thanks.
Kamlesh

Car insurance new : December 9th 2009 Chattanooga police report a recent increase of car thefts because owners are warming up their vehicles during colder weather and leaving them unattended.”

It is a time when the especially the teeenagers need to be careful of their cars, since they would be losing the car and if they have auto insurance coverage once they take a claim their auto insurance premium will escalate. As per the police authorities this is not only a problem in Tennesse but a problem in all other states of USA where the weather is cold. It has also got to be remembered that with the holiday season, people are busy in their own parties, or awa for holidays and this would be the best time for the theives. Here are some tips how you can save your car from theft and keep up the cheap auto insurance rates.
1) Do not leave your vehicle unlocked and unattended. This is an easy target for thieves. Please also do not leave the car unattended even for a minute to pick up the gifts which you have asked to be wrapped.
2) Remember to lock all your doors and windows.
3) Park the car in a well-light place.
4) If you install any of the safety devices like an alarm system, steering wheel locks, steering column collars, theft deterrent decals and tire locks, than the insurance company will offer you auto insurance discounts on the auto insurance premium. The discounts are as high as 10% -15% – and so if you save $150/-. This will give you cheap auto insurance premium.

Happy holidays and take care.

Taylor Swift : I live in New Jersey and am 19 years old. I find that the car insurance rates in New Jersey are very high. Please let me know why this is so and how I can obtain cheap auto insurance quotes for teenagers?

Response :Hey Taylor, I know that this is one of the major problems for teenagers. They want to desperately get behind the wheel and be independent, however the auto insurance or car insurance rates are very high and this is one of the major draw-back.

As far as New Jersey is concerned as per the latest news of today 3rd December 2009 : New Jersey is No. 2 when it comes to the nation’s highest auto insurance rates.Data in the National Association of Association of Insurance Commissioners’ annual report shows the average Garden State resident in 2007 paid just over $1,100, down 4 percent from the year before. Only Washington D.C. residents paid more for auto insurance.
The Star-Ledger of Newark and Record of Bergen County’s Statehouse Bureau reports New Jersey’s rates have fallen by 9.6 percent since their peak in 2004. Nationally, rates fell by 5.6 percent between 2004 and 2007. New Jersey, the nation’s most densely populated state, typically ranks at or near the top of the list of expensive places to insure a car. If the population is dense the chances of accident are higher and hence the rates are higher.

Secondly, the teenaged drivers are considered a higher risk and so the auto insurance rates for them are very high. Since you are a girl the rates for females will be much lower than insuring boys of this age since boys are thought to be irrational and immature drivers.

You can certainly get cheap auto insurance rates by shopping online, looking for discounts. Please see my article on Cheap Car insurance

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Jeff Walker (New York): I live in New York and am a teenager. I want to know what “No fault” insurance is and whether or not this would affect my auto insurance?

No fault insurance
Response: A very interesting question. The main intent for brining in “No fault” insurance was to enable cheap auto insurance rates. Normally the auto insurance rates increase due to the expense of loss or car insurance claims payments and legal expenses for settling the claims. To avoid legal payments No fault was accepted by many states like Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Utah. The more the insurance companies save on auto insurance expenses the more cheaper auto insurance rates can be.

When you have an accident under a no-fault system, your insurer automatically pays for your damages, regardless of fault (up to the specified policy limit). In exchange for this guaranteed payment, you must give up some of your rights to sue the other driver involved in the accident. There are elements of no-fault in all auto insurance coverage. For example, medical payments and property damage are typically paid regardless of fault.

Here the intent of No-fault insurance is to reduce auto insurance premiums by reducing the number of automobile accident cases in the courts, by restricting recovery for pain and suffering damages, and by providing limited payment for losses.

However, for New York, as per the latest as per the Insurance Information Institute (III), New York’s auto insurers saw their typical no-fault payment for the medical care of accident victims rise by 56 percent to $8,748 per claim in the second quarter of 2009. In late 2004, the average no-fault payment stood at $5,615 per claim.

In a speech to the New York Insurance Association (NYIA) this week, Robert Hartwig, the group’s president, said the insurance industry, the New York State Insurance Department, National Insurance Crime Bureau and law enforcement agencies continue to investigate suspicious claims vigorously, but loopholes in the no-fault system make it particularly vulnerable to what he described as “fraud and abuse by a ‘no-fault industry’ of corrupt medical professionals, attorneys, and street-level criminals who work on their behalf.”
“The costs of fraud and abuse of the state’s no-fault system ultimately are borne by New York’s honest policyholders,” Hartwig said. “New York’s no-fault claim costs are now the second highest in the country and are 111 percent higher than the U.S. average of $4,152.”

This would mean either that the cost of auto insurance premium will increase for New York and secondly as per the insurance companies they would have to take more preventive and loss control measures so that the claims can be curtailed and kept very low.

It would be best for you to shop online for cheap auto insurance quote. Please check out the quote here. You will be suprised at the amount you can save.

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