{"id":2837,"date":"2016-01-27T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T09:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-a-speed-awareness-course-could-hike-up-your-insurance-premiums\/"},"modified":"2016-01-27T16:55:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T09:55:01","slug":"why-a-speed-awareness-course-could-hike-up-your-insurance-premiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-a-speed-awareness-course-could-hike-up-your-insurance-premiums\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a speed awareness course could hike up your insurance premiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nDrivers who opt to attend a course, rather than accept penalty points, could be in for a nasty surprise when they inform their insurer Most drivers realise that if you get caught speeding, you are going to be punished. In the UK, motorists committing minor offences for the first time have a choice: instead of a three-point penalty and a \u00a3100 fine they can opt to attend a speed awareness course.Most police forces offer a course to drivers who are caught speeding between 10% plus 2 and 10% plus 9 of the legal limit. In other words, if you get caught driving between 35mph and 42mph in a 30mph zone, or between 79mph and 86mph in a 70mph zone. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/jan\/27\/why-speed-awareness-course-could-hike-up-insurance-premiums\" target=\"_blank\">Why a speed awareness course could hike up your insurance premiums<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Drivers who opt to attend a course, rather than accept penalty points, could be in&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-JL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64140,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/beware-admirals-policy-when-it-comes-to-speed-awareness-courses\/","url_meta":{"origin":2837,"position":0},"title":"Beware Admiral\u2019s policy when it comes to speed awareness courses","date":"August 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r When I said I\u2019d been on one, my insurance quote shot up by \u00a350In a search for car insurance I called Admiral. 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