Open Road Insurance--good thing?

If you drive how your suppose to drive you don't have to worry about a ticket. Its a waste of money.

 

No lawyer is going to ever "appear for you" anywhere. At best, some clerk MAY receive a phone call from some guy in his underwear while at home "making big money" doing a "phone from home job". Maybe they will have something resembling success for you, maybe they won't but it won't matter because they've got your money and they've guaranteed you nothing except to make an attempt to make the same phone call you could do yourself.

Sure there is the odd jurisdiction where a real "lawyer representative" (member) of the "Open Road" group resides and practices law but the odds of you getting a ticket in that jurisdiction? Slim to none.

 

I forgot the name of the company that I had but I had that insurance on my license or for my license since I had it I did have one ticket they did handle it but it took forever I would say it would be cheaper just to find a lawyer in that state before you leave it if you do happen to get a ticket and just pay the $70 once or the hundred twenty dollars once instead of paying them 32x12 just my two cents

 

The part in bold above is a crock of ####e.... some salespersons bull line.

You are buying insurance. For about $400 a year, if you get a ticket, Open Road will hire a local attorney in the area you got your ticket to make a court appearance for you. Your company may be pushing you to get this insurance because most truckers can't manage their money well enough to get through a single week on the road with out a com check, and will never have the money... a few hundred dollars.... to simply hire an attorney each time they get a ticket.

I have a policy of always hiring an attorney and fighting every ticket... so far I have only gotten one in a truck, but that's my policy even in my 4 wheeler. I got busted for speeding in Elko Nevada in my truck, but my attorney got the case dismissed because on the date of the trial the cop was away at training, and the prosecutor asked for a continuance. My attorney told the judge she was ready for trial that day... I wasn't there, didn't need to be... The prosecutor dropped the charge because he had no witness. These things do happen rarely.

Having an attorney fight my ticket saved me once but I know how to manage my money, so I don't feel the need to carry this type of insurance.... I paid the attorney $300 out of my pocket. It would save your company from time to time if all their drivers fought every ticket.... especially since the drivers are paying for this insurance and not the company.

 

Maybe you can ask them for a current list of "member attorneys" so you can see how "broad and expansive" their presence is and so you can make a few random calls to validate it's authenticity and accuracy, and see how they respond. If the resulting list and it's geographic makeup and coverage makes sense to you, then that's great. But something tells me you're not going to see a list for several reasons.

 

Save your money until you get a ticket, then hire someone to fight it for you.Always contest a ticket. I would imagine somebody, somewhere in the trucking company is getting a kick-back for recommending the insurance.

 

Just save your money and hire your own lawyer when you need it. There's a reason these guys are in business and that's because they bring more in than they pay out.

 

There is another one, a lady in the Gary IN Petro is hawking it. I don't remember the name and never let her talk at me about it. I think it was like $3 a day. Overheard he talking while waiting for my scale ticket.

that is $1095 a year!!!! That will pay off a lot of tickets. Maybe even a leo... hehehehe

Mikeeee