Speeding ticket! Any auto insurance adjuster that can help?

[Burno]

So I got a speeding ticket the other day. No biggie, 57 in a 40. $90.

I've never had a ticket before and was in one wreck several years ago. I currently pay ~$60 a month for my auto insurance.

How likely is it that my insurance will go up because of this ticket?

Is it worth spending a bit more to get an attorney to avoid the points against my license?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Burno

[Shajen]

was the accident more than 3 years ago?

Who is your Insurance company?

Most major insurance companies won't jack you if the accident you had was more than 3 years ago.

I think you might be sweating this a little too much. Points on your license don't mean much unless you plan on speeding a whole lot more.

If I had to guess, I'd say your insurance might go up $5 a month or something for a little while. Nothing major.

[chaas4747]

Don't know where you live, but in Kansas you can double the fine and the ticket does not appear on your driving record. If you want to be really safe this may be an option.

[Burno]

Shajen,

The accident was, now that I think about it, at least 5 years ago.

My insurer is American Family Insurance.

I appreciate your help

Burno

[snowden719]

let's go insurance adjustors let's go!

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Don't know where you live, but in Kansas you can double the fine and the ticket does not appear on your driving record. If you want to be really safe this may be an option.

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You can't be serious. I wouldn't expect the insurance companies to stand for this.

[Burno]

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Don't know where you live, but in Kansas you can double the fine and the ticket does not appear on your driving record. If you want to be really safe this may be an option.

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I'm next door in MO(I guess we can still be friends), and I don't know if this is an option here. While I'd definitely go for something like that, it seems like a terribly unjust way to do things. I just imagine multi-millionaires blowing stop signs and treating school zones like the Autobahn.

[chaas4747]

Dead serious. You can do it only if you have not had a ticket in the last 12 months. You appear the day your fine is due, the clerk will actually ask everyone in the court room if they would like this option, and they proceed to the window. Also can't be 20 miles or more over (I think, I know there is a speed limitation).

[Brainwalter]

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I just imagine multi-millionaires blowing stop signs and treating school zones like the Autobahn.

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They've earned it.

[chaas4747]

Happens all the time. Like I said though once every 12 months. Remember Tickets generate revenue for the county, city, why would they not like to get more revenue, not have to file the paperwork on you. They make money and save money at the same time.