Auto Insurance—Tipsy in Tuscon, AZ
Everyone realizes that you can go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200, for drinking and driving. It is a fact. In addition, auto insurance rates go sky-high for people who make this terrible decision to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking alcohol in Tuscon, AZ and get arrested for a DUI. In addition to losing out on the lower insurance rates offered to people with good driving records, these drivers now have to deal with another big hassle. Premiums and quotes are the least of their worries now that there are tougher laws.
One driver in Tuscon, AZ said he was required by law to pay for an expensive device and install it in his car. The device tested his blood-alcohol level before it allowed him to turn on his car at all. Together with his new expensive auto insurance rates (from a company he’d never heard of, one of the only auto insurance agents willing to insure him at all), he was now spending over a thousand dollars more this year just to drive. It could take several years in Arizona before he is eligible again for cheaper insurance, even if he has perfect driving after the DUI and has no accidents or tickets. Drinking and driving should not be done because it kills innocent people every year. But even if you think, “I’ve only had one drink so I’m ok”, ask yourself this question: Was that a thousand-dollar drink? No matter how good it was, I bet the answer will be no. Give up your keys.