Tough Luck Allen:
What I did in a similar situation here in California is post bail, and then
go to court. If the cop (both cops) are there, plead guilty and ask the
clerk for traffic school. If you wait for the judge, he may not give you
that option. When you apply for traffic school, sign up for the "at home
school". The court house where you go will have a complete list of the
acceptable schools in California. Believe it or not, the home school is
just as acceptable as the ones that you have to sit in class for 8 hours.
The home school gives you a study book and a test to complete at your
kitchen table. Takes about 30 minutes. Then you send it in to them, send
the coupon they give you to the court showing you have taken their class,
and you are out only alittle time and $75. However, you still have a clean
driving record. No points, no tickets on the insurance ...etc. Without the
driving school you could be screwed with higher rates for three years. Most
Classic Insurance companies will (or could) drop you. Good luck!
Scott
MkI
------Original Message------
From: "Allan Connell" <alcon@earthlink.net>
To: "Tiger Owners"<tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: July 17, 1999 5:27:26 PM GMT
Subject: Classic Car Insurance
Fellow Tigger Phanatics,
Found an interesting article on Classic Car Insurance in this mornings San
Diego Union Tribune, typically a worthless rag, but this is surprisingly
informative piece. Considering the ongoing questions and debate over
classic car insurance, I thought it might benefit the list. The URL is as
follows:
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/sat/auto/news_1d17classics.html
The nice thing about this article written by Dan Burger is that he took the
time to seek out and interview a number of the classic car insurance
specialty companies such as J.C. Taylor, American Classics and Hagerty
Classic.
Considering that I was stupid enough to get a "display of speed" ticket last
night from an off-duty police Lieutenant here in El Cajon, I may have to
move my insurance to one of these companies. I had to fight State Farm for
years to finally get a classic car rate on the Tiger, now no doubt they will
raise my rates. The outcome? I won and lost at the same time. I beat the
"Rice Rocket" Honda soundly, and slowed when I reached the speed limit. The
Lieutenant said he was only sorry that he did not get the plate of the gray
Honda, who continued to accelerate. Me too. He also said he was sorry he
had to give a ticket to such a nice cooperative guy. Me too. Who knows.
He did a lot of whispering to the traffic cop who showed-up to write the
actual ticket. Maybe I will be lucky and neither will show up in court.
Maybe I have learned my lesson not to take the bait. I hope so. It was
pretty damned stupid. Me with all my gray hair, great example Eh?
Ya'll be safe out there and keep the display of speed to auto crossing and
the drag strip. You never know when that slow late model Chevy Corsica
contains an off duty cop. In thinking about it, you also never know when
something unexpected might happen to ruin everyone's day, like a kid on a
bicycle running out in front of your "display of speed" from a hidden alley.
Sends shivers up and down my spine. Maybe I have been lucky and taught a
lesson that will only cost me some monetary loss. I hope so.
Regards,
Allan
BTW, to those of us in California, how many points is this likely to cost
me??
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