Is this something we can fight

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noelle1239

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My husband three years ago did a doughnut with his co-workers in their work parking lot after hours. He got pulled over outside the parking lot and they arrested him and impounded his car. At court the officer wanted to issue 3 points and take away his driver's license. The judge felt it was overkill and said he would reduce the charge from reckless driving and drop the points down (we are in process of obtaining court transcripts to see if judge said how many points). His insurance never went up so we assumed that they had dropped it down to one point. This february which is 3 years later, he got his renewal for insurance and it went up $400 a month. When he called they said he has 2 points on his record and that it will stay there for 10 years. The insurance company just said that they must of missed it. It is three years later and we are not finding out that he was infact charged with reckless driving and has 2 points on his record. Being that it is 3 years later that is the reason for pulling the transcripts to clarify what we did believe. Is there anything we can do to fight this? It just seems a little bit unbelievable that he is put in the same category as a dui or hit and run. I was just hoping for a bit of advice to see if we can fight this three years later. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
Q: Is there anything we can do to fight this?

A: Yes; shop around for insurance.
 
Yes, we are shopping around for insurance. The issue is that this has 2 points and reckless driving so with any company drives up rates. I was writing to see if there is any way that you can appeal something like this three years later?
 
Q: I was writing to see if there is any way that you can appeal something like this three years later?

A: Ask the bureaucrats at the DMV who put the points on there if you can fight it. They will probably say, "Sure...show us court order that we have to change it and we will follow the court order." So, if you have an extra $10K and two or three years, fight it. If not, then pay the extra fees for insurance and drive carefully till the points go off. And then drive even more carefully.
 
So unless the transcripts clearly state that the judge was dropping the charge and reducing the points, the headache and money to fight would be a waste of time.
 
It doesn't really matter what the transcripts say.

The DMV goes strictly by what is on the written record.

Unless you can get that written record changed (impossible in my opinion) the DMV will do nothing (unless they get a court order).

You will spend more money on lawyers than you will on increased insurance rates.
 
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