MVR inaccuracy
Here's a good one:
November 4, 2005. I have bad directions to Del Monte in Pittsburgh, PA. I end up on route 28, way out of Pittsburgh. I turn around in a dollar general parking lot. Bad idea. I drove right by the mayor's house and he has a township cop pulling me over within 2 minutes. I was cited for failure to obey traffic control devices, since he was not a DOT cop he had no way of writing me an overweight ticket. 40 tons on a 10 ton road. I pled guilty, mailed in the citation, company was nice enough to pay the fine and I thought it was over and done with. If you are familiar with PA's points system, this is a no-points violation, unlike speeding or something more serious.
I get my insurance renewal in the mail today and am informed my payments jumped $50 a month because of a failure to obey police authority conviction on November 4, 2005. Long story short, I call PennDOT, who says call the district court. I call the district court who tells me I was not charged or convicted of any such thing and PennDOT messed up. I call PennDOT again and am told I indeed have points on my MVR but they are not allowed to tell me why and I have to write a letter requesting my points history and then dispute it. I explain I have not been convicted of any points violations in a long time. They offer no assistance. So I fire off a letter to PennDOT, but am still pissed in the meantime :x
So does USIS (formerly the dreaded DAC) have a record of this inaccuracy, and do they have any power to change it? My company does not care. But if I should change jobs, this would show up. I have a feeling it is going to be easier to invent a working time machine and go back in time and not get lost than it is to get my MVR changed.
In summary: PennDOT can report to your insurer and your employer that you were convicted of a violation that never happened, and your insurer can surcharge your policy because of this conviction that never happened, but no one can offer any help to change it.
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