What is the name of your state? NJ
My BF got several tickets (this was about a year ago) while driving an ambulance (he is an EMT) the cop just piled the tickets on because he was upset that my BF was driving with lights and sirens on and passed traffic for what the police officer didnt think was a "real" emergency. Anyway all irrelevant, he got a lawyer because had he gotten all of the tickets and points his license would have been suspended and he would no longer have a job.
He got one ticket "unsafe driver" for 2 points and paid about 400 dollars in fines. Which was all good. Now that he is trying to get insurance in his own name (he's insurance was previously in someone elses name) they (the insurance company) are telling him that while the ticket is only 2 points the insurance company looks at is as the worst thing imaginable and told him he might as well have taken the 4 other tickets he was issued instead of this ticket and that a new policy would be 4000 a year (as opposed to our normal 1500 a year).
Does anyone know anything about this? I thought they could only raise your rates based upon your points? This just sounds crazy! Although in NJ i wouldnt doubt anything.
My BF got several tickets (this was about a year ago) while driving an ambulance (he is an EMT) the cop just piled the tickets on because he was upset that my BF was driving with lights and sirens on and passed traffic for what the police officer didnt think was a "real" emergency. Anyway all irrelevant, he got a lawyer because had he gotten all of the tickets and points his license would have been suspended and he would no longer have a job.
He got one ticket "unsafe driver" for 2 points and paid about 400 dollars in fines. Which was all good. Now that he is trying to get insurance in his own name (he's insurance was previously in someone elses name) they (the insurance company) are telling him that while the ticket is only 2 points the insurance company looks at is as the worst thing imaginable and told him he might as well have taken the 4 other tickets he was issued instead of this ticket and that a new policy would be 4000 a year (as opposed to our normal 1500 a year).
Does anyone know anything about this? I thought they could only raise your rates based upon your points? This just sounds crazy! Although in NJ i wouldnt doubt anything.