SR22 Auto Insurance Certificate With Teen Driver

 

January 3, 2009 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: SR22 Pennsylvania 

Q: Do you have any tips for saving money when adding a teenager to your SR22 auto insurance certificate insurance policy?

A: Sure. An SR22 auto insurance certificate is a costly type of car insurance, and adding a teen to your policy is bound to make your rates rise yet again, which is why you need to keep your eye on available discounts when choosing a car insurance company. There are two discounts which will save you the most with a teenager, and here they are.

First of all, you should have your teenager be part of a general driver’s education course. You can usually find a class like this at your child’s school. If they take a course in order to get their driver’s license, then once they have the course finished they will be able to get a discount. Don’t forget that your teen needs to be on your SR22 auto insurance certificate while they have their learner’s permit as well.

Second of all, you should keep an eye on your teen’s grades. What does this have to do with your SR22 auto insurance certificate? If your teen makes Bs or higher in his/her classes, then you can save good money on your auto insurance with a good student discount.

Can I Get a Leaners Drivers Permit Before 16 in Pennsylvania?

 

August 14, 2008 by maricar · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Learners Permit 

Reader’s Question:

Can I get my driver’s permit before I turn sixteen in Pennsylvania?

Mary

Levittown, Pennsylvania (PA)

No, to the best of my knowledge you cannot get a learner’s permit in Pennsylvania before the age of sixteen. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Driver and Vehicles services as well as the PA driver’s manual, you must be sixteen years of age or older in order to apply for a learner’s permit.

Young drivers will also receive a Parent/Guardian Certification Form when they are issued a learner’s permit. This form is documents of the 50 hours of behind-the-wheel practice. Young drivers must bring the completed certification form with them when they return to take the road portion of the driver licensing exam (6 months or more after getting their permit).

In Pennsylvania the earliest age that young drivers can qualify for a full unrestricted driver’s license in is 17 ½. These young drivers must have held a junior driver’s license for at least 1 full year, completed a state-approved driver’s education course, remained crash- and conviction-free, and to qualify for an unrestricted license before the age of eighteen.

Discounts On SR-22 Auto Insurance

 

January 2, 2008 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: SR22 Pennsylvania 

Q: Can you tell me about some of the SR-22 insurance quotes which are available to help me save money?

A: You can save a lot of money on your SR-22 insurance quotes by giving a company business. You can give them business if you own a home and get your home insurance through them, have a few cars insured with them, and so on. Here are a few more ways that you may be able to save money on your SR-22 insurance quotes:

  • you have taken and passed a general driver’s education course or a defensive driving course, and the second course wasn’t required of you by law
  • you have common features on your car, such as seatbelts, an anti theft device, and airbags
  • you pay your premium all at once instead of in installments, or you have it taken out monthly through direct debit
  • you go to college 100+ miles away from home, but you leave your car with your parents
  • you are in school full time and make good grades
  • you carpool to work