OH CRAP!

We received the following two letters on Saturday:

Letter numero uno came from the State of Utah and was addressed to Clayton

Please be advised that the following convictions for moving traffic violations have been entered on your driving record.

VIOLATION

FAIL TO STAY IN LANE - 24 JULY 2008 (this ticket was a joke)

SPEEDING - 15 MARCH 2008

SPEEDING - 24 AUGUST 2007

PASS ON WRONG SIDE - 17 MAY 2007 (I think the local Highway Patrol was bored on this day seeing that this ticket was a huge joke as well)

The total number of points assessed against you for these violations is 160.

Should another entry including any out-of-state convictions, be recorded, your driving privilege may be suspended.

If suspended, you would be without a driver license or driving privilege card with no restricted driving privilege available.

You may clear your record of points by driving violation-free for two consecutive years. Points are reduced by half after one year of violation-free driving and traffic violations are removed from your record after three years. In addition, you may complete the defensive driving course offered by the Utah Safety Council and receive a 50 point credit, one time, in any three year period.

yada, yada, yada,

Awesome. Freaking awesome.

Letter numero dos was from our insurance agent

NOTICE OF CHANGE AT RENEWAL - UTAH

As part of our underwriting process, your policy was reviewed for changes needed to comply with current requirements. As a result, your policy is being renewed with the following change for the reason indicated: The auto portion of this policy will not be renewed due to the driving record of Clayton McMurdie.

There IS an upside to this. First, Clayton didn't get a ticket from August of 2007 to March of 2008. That is a good streak for him. Way to go Clayton. But now that I think about it, he got a ticket when we went to Hawaii that wasn't listed...luckily. Second upside is that my brother, Brandon got the same letter stating that if he got one more ticket then his license would be suspended as well. Looks like Clayton will have a buddy in his defensive driving class.

The obvious downside is Clayton being dropped from our insurance which sucks. If somehow I can convince them to keep us they will hike our monthly rate up higher then it already is at $153.00/month. Don't worry you will see jars with Clayton's picture on them at your local grocer in the next few weeks asking for donations for our insurance bill. All donations WILL be tax deductible.

I would be a hypocrite if I criticized Clayton. I myself have had to meet with the driver improvement officer regarding my driving record. However, marriage has saved me and my record. I never drive anywhere except for the 2.5 miles between Icon and my house everyday. I think my record is the cleanest it has ever been since I was 12 years-old. Unfortunately, with the two letters above that all might be changing seeing how I will be driving more.

p.s. I am not the horrible wife you are all drawing me up to be in your minds. Clayton gave me the ok to blog this. In fact, I think he even wanted me to.