CVC 24800 - should I go to traffic school?

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acoward2@gmail.com - 25 May 2008 06:22 GMT

Hello,

One evening I got stopped for driving with only my parking lights on
and was issued a citation for 24800 CVC. Today I received the traffic
court notice.

This is my first ticket (in 8 years driving in US) and I'm a bit
confused as to what I should do. Should I just plead guilty and pay
the fine? Should I plead "no contest" and pay the fine? Or I should
I plead guilty and ask to go to traffic school? AFAIK CVC 24800 does
not give you (take away?) points - does this mean that there is no
sense in going to traffic school? Is going or not going to traffic
school for CVC 24800 going to make any difference for my insurance
rate?

Thanks a lot,

- A. Coward, :-)

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Peter Lawrence - 25 May 2008 19:51 GMT

> Hello,
>
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> - A. Coward, :-)

Any moving violation (including driving with only your parking lights)
can result in your auto insurance premium going up because most likely
(depends on the insurance company) your good driver discount will be
eliminated.

Also some insurance companies assume drivers in California will always
opt for traffic school (to keep their insurance rates low) so when a
moving violation appears on one's driving record, those insurance
companies will make the assumption that one already has had an *other*
moving violation within the past 18 months that one had kept hidden by
going to traffic school and that the only reason the new moving
violation appears on one's driving is record is because the person was
not permitted to take traffic school because of the other recent moving
violation.

So financially, it's probably better for you to attend traffic school so
this moving violation doesn't get stuck on your driving record.
Otherwise, in all likelihood, your auto insurance premium will go up
(probably by a substantial amount).

- Peter

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The Real Bev - 25 May 2008 20:36 GMT

> So financially, it's probably better for you to attend traffic
school so

> this moving violation doesn't get stuck on your driving record.
> Otherwise, in all likelihood, your auto insurance premium will go up
> (probably by a substantial amount).

There's generally a warning that completion of traffic school MAY NOT
result in the record being expunged for insurance purposes -- in orther
words, "If we screw up the records and your insurance company finds out
anyway, tough luck!"

Does anybody know anybody this has actually happened to?

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Bev
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acoward2@gmail.com - 27 May 2008 18:21 GMT

> > So financially, it's probably better for you to attend traffic
> school so
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> FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. It comes bundled with the software.

Thanks a lot. I'm going to traffic school then.

Regards,

- A.C.

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CAHighway99 - 31 May 2008 01:07 GMT

On May 27, 10:21 am, acowa...@gmail.com wrote:

> > > So financially, it's probably better for you to attend traffic
> > school so
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Take traffic school online. It's easy. When I got a speeding ticket,
some 7 years ago, I did traffic school online in 20 minutes, but
that's only because I kept clicking "forward" until I went straight to
the test. Finished the test in 5 minutes, and passed. :-)

FYI, you *have* to go through each and every section...whether you
spend 5 seconds or 5 minutes is up to you. Like I said, I just kept
clicking "forward" through each and every section.

-Brent

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