Posted: 12/24/2008 5:04:39 AM EDT
| So, here's my situation. I'm currently stationed in North Dakota with the USAF, however I still consider Michigan my "home of record" and I still have a valid Michigan drivers license as well as plates on my vehicle. I rent an apartment here but I don't consider it my "home" when asked. I've gotten several speeding tickets here, most for between 5-10 MPH over in 70 MPH zones. No big deal since here in ND every MPH over the speed limit is $5. So, 10 over would be a $50 dollar fine. The problem however is the points. Does anyone know if these will transfer over to my Michigan driving record? I pay my insurance bi-annually and the last time I paid it in September I did not notice an increase at all, hell it went down a few dollars I think. Is it just going to be a matter of time before this catches up to me? Is ND not reporting my tickets to MI? I'm just curious since IIRC I have about 6 speeding tickets since last year. Two people I work with are from PA and out of state points do not show up on their driving records, they've confirmed this. I hope MI is the same. Thanks in advance. |
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Take Wikipedia FWIW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_License_Compact I also know that Michigan and Florida participated in information sharing back in the '80s because my 85 in a 55 transferred back up here. I don't know about ND. Thank you for your service with the USAF. |
Hyperion, thank you for the link. From what I read it appears that Michigan does not share or just doesn't accept the out of state violations. Good to hear!  I might try contacting the DMV back home and seeing if I can get a copy of my driving record, just to be safe. Thanks again 
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Hyperion, thank you for the link. From what I read it appears that Michigan does not share or just doesn't accept the out of state violations. Good to hear! I might try contacting the DMV back home and seeing if I can get a copy of my driving record, just to be safe. Thanks again SOS linky for running your own driving record. Good Luck. |
| Your insurance will though. If there are any changes to your insurance status or anything that is brought to their attention, regarless of state and even Canada, they'll jack your rates. That's what I was told when I screwed up and moved back here 4 years ago. They found tickets that were at least 3-4 years old in other states and hit me for all of them till they drop off after their 5 or 7 year thing. But that same insurance company was still much less expensive than any other I went to. That's just my experience |
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... I have about 6 speeding tickets since last year... 6 in 12 months??? Don't take this the wrong way, but damn, it's time to slow it down and pay closer attention to your speedo/tach... No offense taken. I speed just about every time I get into my truck. I live 12 miles from Minot Air Force Base. There is ONE road, Highway 83 that goes to it. Every single ticket I've gotten has been on the way to or from base. Now, common sense would be to slow down on this road but, I just seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Most of the tickets are for between 5-9 MPH over. The local and state PD DO NOT give warnings or breaks. They know that 95% of the people traveling that road are military and frankly were not too well received here. I'm going to start using my cruise control more often. At least I can limit myself to doing 70. Thanks for all the input so far guys. |
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My insurance company, Auto Owners, does check driving records.
I got a ticket in 2005 is South Dakota, and it was sent back to MI SOS. Auto Owners gigged me for it at my renewal that fall, and it is on my record. I got a copy of my record form the SOS just last month. I do not know if they assessed me any points though. The state will keep that on my record for 7 years. Auto Owners just stopped the surcharge this year at my fall renewal. |
| Some states do xfer info some don't. Don't know of your specific instance but it appears not. Car insurance companies have there own triggers for checking the record, some just time based, some when you make a change like a new car on the policy etc etc. don't be late and don't change companies can help prevent it from happening. Thanks for your service, BUT slow the sam hell down. Tired of patching people up because they think they're better drivers than they are, mechanical failures won't happen to them, OTHER drivers suck but they won't get them into an accident, or you can't plan your day better. The quantity of tickets your talking about is going to hit you hard financially, Your point count if discovered will likely warrant driving restrictions or meetings with a DMV counselor here, figure you can fit that into your schedule? If not from there it gets revoked and costs more money and time to reinstate. |
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Some states do xfer info some don't. Don't know of your specific instance but it appears not. Car insurance companies have there own triggers for checking the record, some just time based, some when you make a change like a new car on the policy etc etc. don't be late and don't change companies can help prevent it from happening. Thanks for your service, BUT slow the sam hell down. Tired of patching people up because they think they're better drivers than they are, mechanical failures won't happen to them, OTHER drivers suck but they won't get them into an accident, or you can't plan your day better. The quantity of tickets your talking about is going to hit you hard financially, Your point count if discovered will likely warrant driving restrictions or meetings with a DMV counselor here, figure you can fit that into your schedule? If not from there it gets revoked and costs more money and time to reinstate. Advice well taken, thank you. I have State Farm for insurance, I pay it bi-annually so I guess I'll find out in March if anything effected it. I've been with them for about 8 years now. You made a good point about the restriction. That's my only fear that because of the time frame and amount of tickets during it, that my license would be suspended or even revoked. Thank you everyone for the tips and insight, I wrote myself a sticky-note that says "Slow the hell down" and it's on my dashboard now. |