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New August 1 driving law means insurance will know about all traffic violations in the US – offenders face higher rates
By Ben Shimkus,
2024-07-30
THOUSANDS of drivers may pay more for their car insurance after August 1 after a state changed its insurance calculations.
The state hadn’t changed the reporting rule in over 50 years and lagged behind its peers on car insurance reporting before the new road laws .
Starting August 1, North Dakota will begin reporting all traffic violations to insurance companies, marking a significant shift in the state’s handling of driving infractions.
Currently, only violations that accumulate three points or more are shared with insurers when they request a driving record.
But with the new regulation, any traffic ticket, regardless of severity, will be reported to your insurance provider.
Officials said some car insurance companies believed drivers had a clean road record, when in actuality, their licenses were suspended for repeated minor violations.
Police in the area hope the rules change will make drivers more careful on the road.
“It means drivers will be paying more attention to how they are driving and being more responsible on the roadway,” North Dakota Highway Patrol’s Sargeant Wade Kadrmas told local NBC affiliate KFYR-TV .
Kadrmas said drivers can avoid the higher insurance rates by slowing down on the highway.
“Those types of violations would get reported,” he added.
The state’s insurance commissioner, Jon Godfread, told the station the Department of Transportation suspended some drivers’ licenses because they “racked up so many points of those smaller traffic violations.”
But insurance companies weren’t aware of the infractions because of the reporting rules.
North Dakota hadn’t changed the insurance rules since 1970.
Sargeant Kadrmas said drivers can keep their rates low if they stay vigilant on the road.
“Be responsible [and] do your job as a driver,” he advised.
“Pay attention to the roads, obey all the traffic signs, obey all the speed limits, and you shouldn’t have any issues with your insurance company or with law enforcement.”
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pa Penn dot doesn't care. fuck the state police took 2yrs to pull someone over and gave them a slap on the wrist while driving under a suspended license for DUI suspension on tags and no interlock. fuck here's ur fine have a nice day no worries then Penn dot was stupid enough to give him his license back after being a repeat offender every 3yes
terrill russell
08-03
this is a bunch of bullshit. there cops who abuse their badge. so they get kick backs for doing so an giving false an or ridiculous tickets. causing people to loose a license over basically bullshit. also in the 1st of the month to when most cops trying to get their quota by giving ridiculous an false tickets to people, especially the poor of then when they ain't having it hard enough. I think it ridiculous, bullshit an ain't rite ,AT ALL . I'm sure alot of people will agree with me on this crap . some deserve the ticket but there's a lot who don't . our governments problem is giving law enforcement to much power over the American people.
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