rwhw@hound.UUCP (06/10/83)
I think that anyone that doesn't like the speed limits in these United States should actively protest. As other protesters have done, they should go to the areas of enforcement and lay down. Just think of the traffic tie-ups on the California highways with people laying all over the road.
presley@mhuxj.UUCP (06/11/83)
>I think that anyone that doesn't like the speed limits in these United States >should actively protest. As other protesters have done, they should go to the >areas of enforcement and lay down. Just think of the traffic tie-ups on the >California highways with people laying all over the road. You'd have to place a lot of duck feathers on the highways to stop traffic. Do you know of a good place to get a few tons of duck (or goose) feathers? ... pedantically yours ... -- Joe Presley (...!mhuxj!presley, harpo!presley)
tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler) (06/26/85)
Not only will the points show up on your NY license if you are convicted, but they will show up in your insurance premiums. Insurance companies monitor the DMV records and raise premiums on those who are convicted of moving violations. Believe it. T. C. Wheeler
tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL) (06/29/85)
> Not only will the points show up on your NY license if > you are convicted, but they will show up in your > insurance premiums. Insurance companies monitor the > DMV records and raise premiums on those who are convicted > of moving violations. Believe it. > T. C. Wheeler Not necessarily. Some do, and some don't. It depends on the company. Some companies care only about chargeable accidents, and do not raise their rates for moving violations. I have had such policies in Connecticut, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois. If the company will raise your rates for moving violations, they will tell you so if you ask. Shop around. Unless NY state is somehow different than the resto of the country. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan
mikey@trsvax (07/01/85)
Not all companies are picky about minor violations. Mine isn't. They rate me on their own internal point scale. If I loose my license for a violation, hang on, the bill will be in a 4 ft x 6 ft envelope. I've been with them since high school (1969) and my rates have gone up and down, but never went up just because of a ticket. I even had a major accident when I was in Long Island, demolished two cars and the other driver had minor injuries, but I didn't get nailed. Seems the police report of the accident said it was blamed on a mechanical failure (A brake line burst). My agent told me that it would have been different if I had anything else on my record at the time though. My dad has worked for an insurance agency for over 20 years, and he told me the safest drivers (from the companies standpoint of possible claims) are the drivers with an occasional minor speeding ticket. mikey at trsvax
connolly@steinmetz.UUCP (C. Ian Connolly) (07/01/85)
> Not only will the points show up on your NY license if > you are convicted, but they will show up in your > insurance premiums. From what I can understand (having been caught twice for speeding in NY), The points almost certainly will show up on your license, unless (if it was a local cop who stopped you) the local authorities don't relay the information to the state, for some odd reason. As for insurance, I think you have to be going more than 14 mph over the speed limit for that information to go to the insurance company (in the case of a speeding violation). -- C. Ian Connolly, GE-CRD - USENET: ...edison!steinmetz!connolly ARPANET: connolly@ge-crd
waynez@houxh.UUCP (W.ZAKARAS) (07/01/85)
> >Not only will the points show up on your NY license if >you are convicted, but they will show up in your >insurance premiums. Insurance companies monitor the >DMV records and raise premiums on those who are convicted >of moving violations. Believe it. >T. C. Wheeler > I doubt the above is true . I posses a NJ drivers license nd have recieved numerous NY sppeding tickets. They have never shown up on my record NOR MY INSURANCE PREMIUMS. By the way does T.C. stand for TOP CAT?? WayneZ...
ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (08/15/85)
I don't know about anyone else out there, but I have seen many situations in which drivers have a choice between speeding and driving unsafely. For instance: a highway on which EVERYONE is doing 65. If you drive at 55 under those circumstances, you're going to be rear-ended sooner or later. If you flow along with everyone else, you're going to get a speeding ticket sooner or later. If I did a lot of driving under those circumstances, I would probably buy a radar detector.
chris@scgvaxd.UUCP (Chris Yoder) (08/20/85)
[ Go ahead bug, make my day. ] In article <4151@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes: >I don't know about anyone else out there, but I have seen many >situations in which drivers have a choice between speeding and >driving unsafely. > >For instance: a highway on which EVERYONE is doing 65. If you >drive at 55 under those circumstances, you're going to be rear-ended >sooner or later. If you flow along with everyone else, you're going >to get a speeding ticket sooner or later. CHiPies tend to leave you alone if you're moving at flow. They also don't use radar, so if you keep an eye out for those cute little black and white Mustangs you'll avoid the chance of tickets. On the subject of radar detectors... If you have one in your car, and it goes off, you'll slow down (I don't care *how* fast you're going or what the speed limit is!). Isn't this the object of a radar trap, to slow people down? From having one I know that they aren't proof against tickets alone. I've found a CB *much* more effective on the highways (but I believe in having both). -- -- Chris Yoder UUCP --- {allegra|ihnp4}!scgvaxd!engvax!chris <Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you...> { The opinions here are representative of Huge Aircrash, not me and *especially* not of my poor little keyboard. 8-)= }