Recieving a Traffic Violation

Last September 25 2008 I recieved a ticket for Obedience to Offical Traffic Control Devices. What this means is I went on a road with a weight limit. I did not see the sign posted. A police officer pulled me over and I recieved a ticket. It cost me $50. I was told that if I did not pay the ticket I would have 4 points on my license. I paid it the very next day and was told that I now had 2 points on my license because I paid the fine. Upset, but glad to be done with it. At least I thought I was. My personal vehicle insurance bill came and I noticed that the amount instead of going down like I had hoped went up, alot. I then went through the pages and found out that the violation was now on my insurance. It had not gone through on the last one. So now more than one year later it has shown up. I was told that it would not affect my insurance on my personal vehicle. I called my insurance agent and she told me that it should not have and that she would check into it futher. About 6 hours later I get a phone call stating that I had 4 points on my license and that was the reason why it was so high. So I get home and pull out the citation and look for a phone number of the police department that wrote the citation. Called them and left a message. I actually recieved a phone call the same night that told me what was needed to be done and what must have went wrong and I was told that they would take care of it tomorrow and that I would recieve a phone call when the problem was ironed out.

I have learned two things out of this ordeal. One is that you should know what you are being cited for before you pay anything to see what the ramifacations of it could be. Two is to make sure everything on your driving record is the way it should be with the citation. It took me over a year to figure it out.

I should have asked to recieve a citation for being overwieght instead of disregarding a traffic sign as my company would have paid it then and it would not have gone on my driving record.

 

No, it is company policy since the company told me to go that route in which I recieved the ticket.

 

No I would not, you are generalizing my statements. It really bothers me that people say that particular phrase when in fact it is easier to play "armchair quarterback". Haven't you ever been given wrong directions? Haven't you ever turned down a wrong street? If you haven't I sure would like to meet you if you have not done any of those and shake you hand and congratulate you on your sucesses. Seeing how I had never been to that particular area I did not know any better. Now I do, but I still listen to my comapny. The police officer was sitting 150 feet in from the turn just behind the sign. He would have given me a ticket regardless of whether or not I tried to turn around.

To the rest of you thank you for your comments.