{"id":2066,"date":"2021-05-14T10:40:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T14:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2021-05-14T12:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T16:42:22","slug":"distracted-driving-ticket-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/distracted-driving-ticket-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Will a Distracted Driving Ticket Make Your Insurance Go Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Distracted driving is a big thing these days thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and the millions of people in the U.S. who are hopelessly addicted to using them. As recently as 10 years ago, distracted driving was not really even a \u201cthing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of 2021, however, distracted driving claims an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/car-accidents\/more-accident-types-valuing-accidents\/texting-and-driving-accident-and-death-statistics-2023-updated\/\">3,000 lives each year<\/a>, and states across the U.S. have enacted targeted laws making it illegal. In this post, we will explain what impact a ticket for distracted driving could have on your auto insurance rates.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Does a Distracted Driving Ticket Affect Your Car Insurance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/distracted-driving-ticket-insurance\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Will a Distracted Driving Ticket Make Your Insurance Go Up?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distracted driving is a big thing these days thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and the millions of people in the U.S. who are hopelessly addicted to using them. As recently as 10 years ago, distracted driving was not really even a \u201cthing.\u201d As of 2021, however, distracted driving claims an estimated 3,000 lives each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will a Distracted Driving Ticket Make Your Insurance Go Up? &#8212; Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Distracted driving is a big thing these days thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and the millions of people in the U.S. who are hopelessly addicted\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/distracted-driving-ticket-insurance\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Will a Distracted Driving Ticket Make Your Insurance Go Up? &#8212; Baltimore Injury Lawyer Blog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Distracted driving is a big thing these days thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and the millions of people in the U.S. who are hopelessly addicted\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.millerandzois.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Distracted-Driving.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ronald V. 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