I thought defective equipment ticket was a non-moving violation, at least thats what the trooper told me & former employers. I was just getting a quote for auto insurance for my car & was quoted at $291 for 6 months. At the last step, however, it said I had two equipment failure tickets in the last three years, so the quote jumped up to $491. I called up progressive and they said they consider that as a moving violation.


Both of these tickets were in Virginia (2005, '07), the former being in a personal vehicle and latter being in a CMV. How would I go about about getting a definitive answer if these are indeed moving violations.



thank you

 

You could try pulling a copy of your MVR. Most states only list moving violations on them.

Other than that, your best source of information would be either a traffic judge or an attorney who specializes in traffic law.

 

Email VA State Police about it. They can clarify it and show a copy of their response to your insurance. If that don't fix it, get a lawyer and fight them over it. Could be a mistake by the VA DMV on your MVR, they seem to be doing that a lot to people anymore. Don't expect DMV to fess up to making a mistake, they have a tendancy to say it's all your fault when they keyed it in wrong.