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Is a parking ticket a moving violation?

My college-age son got a parking ticket. He’s still on our insurance policy and I’m a little worried it could mess up his driving record and cause our insurance to go up. Is a parking ticket considered a moving violation?

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Mary Alice Morris · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
We’re happy to share the good news with you that your son’s parking ticket is not a moving violation, and therefore will probably not cause your car insurance rates to go up.
However, if the ticket isn’t paid for in a timely fashion, it may end up in collections. Then, the collections process may damage your son’s credit. There are all sorts of unwanted repercussions from damaged credit, and among those is higher
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