INFO: Why Fight a Traffic Ticket?

Why Keep Ticket Off Your Record
Car insurance companyAverage annual full coverage premium before speeding ticketAverage annual full coverage premium after speeding ticketPercent
Allstate Insurance$1,729$2,13323%
American Family Insurance$1,705$2,51748%
Farmers Insurance$1,241$1,63031%
Progressive Insurance$1,048$1,40334%
State Farm Insurance$1,271$1,47616%
source bankrate.com

If you pay $2000 a year in car insurance.

Your insurance company raises your rates by 20%

This means you will owe an extra 400 a year, every year, for 3 years.

If you pay $2000 a year in car insurance.

Your insurance company raises your rates by 20%

This means you will owe an extra 400 a year, every year, for 3 years.

$400 extra a year

multiplied by 3 years

Plus the cost of the ticket

$1200 + cost of ticket

License Suspensions?

Those with an intermediate license may face license suspensions based on a traffic ticket

Those with commercial licenses may face license suspensions based on a traffic ticket.

Those with a typical driver’s license may also face license suspensions based on a traffic ticket if they have enough tickets

More Tickets?

Another 20% would increase the ticket from $2400 to $2880

As more tickets pile up, so does the cost of insurance. For example, one ticket might increase the yearly insurance cost by 20% from $2000 to $2400.

This makes insurance very expensive – not to mention the costs of the tickets themselves.

Another 20% would increase the ticket from $2880 to $3456