What Are The California SR22 Insurance Requirements?
Reader question:
What are California SR22 insurance requirements?
Jessica
Thanks for asking, Jessica.
California has some of the most authoritarian drunk driving laws in the country, so if you have to file for California SR22 insurance, you’re not in for an easy ride. Not only will you see your rates shoot up past the already typically high California car insurance premium, but you will also have a lot of restrictions that will make your life difficult.
First of all, when you are convicted of driving under the influence in California, you don’t simply have your license suspended for a month or so like most other states do. Your license is suspended for six months. In order to get it back once that period is over you have to pay a hundred and twenty five dollars, and you are then given a month to have a California SR22 insurance form filed.
However, if you get that drunk driving conviction you could be facing a lot more than that. The fact that you might lose your driver’s license for six months might not affect you at all, because you might be in jail for that entire time. The fines are also pretty steep, coming in as much as a thousand dollars.
If you go driving drunk again and get caught, get ready for even worse. Your license will be gone for up to our years, you will have to file for California SR22 insurance, and you will have to take a course about driving while intoxicated and your car will have a breathalyzer installed on it so that you won’t be able to drive it if there is a hint of alcohol on your breath. This can make things difficult for people since many things set it off besides alcohol, such as mouth wash. But then again, that’s why you shouldn’t drink and drive.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.
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