I am a 25 year old working female who has been charged with DUI. My question is: Why do I need to get an SR-22 insurance policy when I don’t even own a car? I need to save money during these tough times.

Cassy

Louisville, KY

Cassy, an SR-22 insurance policy is needed in Kentucky if you have been convicted with DWI (driving while intoxicated or DUI which stands for driving under the influence), and you want to get your license reinstated. An SR-22 is needed for five years after the earliest offense, and then ten years after a subsequent offense, and then if you obtain a third offense, a full 20 years. I mean seriously, that maybe heaven’s way of telling you that you are not meant to drive. Ever.

But if you still ignore the voices of reason, common sense and logic even if they scream directly at your ear, and you still get a fourth offense, then you have to carry an SR-22 insurance for life. However, statistics show that most DWI violators do not reach the fourth offense. The afterlife is what they reach. But anyway…

If you do not possess your own vehicle, that will not stand in the way of you trashing others’ cars. Ask a car insurance company in your vicinity about a non-owner SR-22 policy, or you can check online for cheap rates. An SR-22 policy will insure that the driver is financially responsible for any accident that will arise even if he or she has shown ruthless behavior on the road. And for the record, bad drivers and cheap insurance policy do not belong in the same sentence. Oops. Well, you get the picture.

What is it they say about drinking and driving? Alcohol and gasoline do not mix. If you’re out to prove otherwise, well, they do mix, but it has a dreadful aftertaste.

A: Yes, you can, although it will depend on the car insurance company you prefer as to whether or not this option is available from them. Most of the larger car insurance companies, and even some smaller local ones, have begun offering Auburn SR22 insurance online. You can find insurance this way pretty easily, by using quote sites and other online information in order to find the best company for you. So, not only is it possible to buy your insurance online, but it is in fact preferable, because you save more money if you buy insurance, or at the very least research it online.

Many car insurance companies are noticing the profit involved in selling car insurance online, and have begun to give out incentives to customers who choose to do so. Usually this is done in the form of online car insurance discounts, where you can get five to twenty percent off of your insurance policy if you choose to purchase your insurance online. Discounts like these are made possible by the fact that companies save a lot of money in the range of offices, labor, call centers, and so on by moving their services online and making them more accessible to internet users.

A: If you have a moving violation on your traffic ticket, then in most cases it will remain on your driving record for around three to five years. Although many car insurance companies only keep on using it to rate your insurance for three years after the fact, many companies will do this for five years to affect your  insurance. It really depends on the car insurance company you have with. As for your SR22 – DUI charge itself, if you got it because of a DUI, then that will likely affect your insurance rates for around three to five years as well, but it will be on your driving record for 10 years and it is still possible for it to affect your rates during that time.

If you do receive a moving violation, then even if you are guilty you should do your best to try to fight it when you arrive at your court date, because if you don’t you could see your days of cheap SR22 insurance go away. Many car insurance companies enact stiff penalties for people who have moving violations, and things such as speeding tickets have been know to cause rises of as much as 25% in car insurance rates.

A: It sounds like it could be time for you to make a little change of company in order to get a SR22 auto insurance quote in Kentucky. Changing companies is often necessary when rates start to rise, and shopping around is the best and most common way for people to save money on their auto insurance. Even if you have been with a car insurance company for several years, they will not always have the best car insurance prices, so change can be good.

Most people are overpaying for their auto insurance quote simply because they don’t look at all of what is available to them. Studies have shown that your average American pays around four hundred dollars too much for their car insurance premium. Premiums vary greatly between one company, and there can be as much as eight hundred dollars in difference between companies. In order to avoid overpaying, you should regularly look for a better SR22 auto insurance quote.

A: Yes, it is possible to get a cheap SR22 insurance quote on a new car, but how cheap the quote will be depends on the kind of car you have recently bought. If you have a sensible, mid sized, economic car that wasn’t too expensive and had a good safety rating, then you have the best chance of getting the cheapest  quote. For any other car, though, you’re going to have to get some dirt under your fingers.

For anybody who owns a new car, of any type, your SR22 insurance quote can be cheapened by taking on more risk, which can be done by raising your deductibles. Every piece of extra coverage you have beyond basic liability has a deductible, which must be paid in the event of a claim before your car insurance company pays the risk. Let’s say you right now have a $500 deductible on all coverages. Your monthly premium will be high because your car insurance has most of the risk responsibility. If you raise it by a thousand dollars or more, though, your monthly insurance premium will be lower.

1. Raise your deductible amount to as high as you can

2. clean up your credit rating – poor rating equals higher insurance costs

3. join a credit union and ask them if they have insurance discounts – most do

A: A high priced SR22 quote is frustrating for anybody, but even more so for people who find themselves less likely to be driving. After all, if you hardly ever use your car, why do you have to pay so much for an accident that you have such a small chance of getting into? If you decide that you no longer need your car to drive, then you could save a lot of money by simply canceling your insurance. However, if you do this, then you have to refrain from driving for the entire length of your SR22 probation period, because your driver’s license will be suspended when you cancel your insurance and driving without a license is against the law. Also consider that you would have to pay the fees and fines to restore your license again if you allowed it to be suspended.

What you can do if you want a cheaper quote would be for you to get a low mileage discount for your vehicle. You can do this if you drive less than four thousand miles a year or less than forty miles a day, although some companies may have different qualification guidelines. Using this discount, you can save as much as 15% on your SR22 quote with some companies.

A: Since you have  car insurance, you have to pay more than the rest of us, but this also means you have a greater impetus to search out the best car insurance discounts. Never settle with a company that doesn’t have any good discounts available for you.

One discount for your which you should encounter universally is a good student discount, which is or those college and high school students who manage to achieve grades of either a B average or a 3.5 GPA or above, depending on the standards of your car insurance company.

Another thing student related which may apply to you is a discount for people whose home owns are far away from the college–usually 100+ miles. If this is how it is with you and your home own, you can leave your car there and say on your parents’ insurance policy instead of paying so much for your policy.