| Mr. Bose, I suggest you put this on your web site so that others can learn from our employees mistake. In April 2004 one of our employees who drives a minivan for us was stopped for speeding, doing 84 in a 65 zone on an interstate in Virginia. He was charged with reckless driving (Code Section 46.2-862) in that he was traveling more than 80 MPH (according to the code, ANYTHING over 80MPH, regardless of the speed limit, is "reckless" under Virginia Law). At the time, our employee thought the charge was no big deal, paid a $ 300 fine, and plead guilty to the charge. Last month our insurance company notified us that it had checked the driving records and found the reckless charge for our employee. The insurance company has said that it will not longer insure our employee to drive our vehicles. While we value our employee, we may have no other choice but to let him go as we are having a difficult time finding insurance. The quotes we are getting for insurance are two to three times the previous insurance due to the reckless driving charge. The big mistake the employee made was to plead guilty to the charge of 84 in a 65 zone. He should have sought a lawyer to contest the charge, as the ramifications of the reckless charge are incredibly severe in the eyes of an insurance company. Now that he has plead guilty, there is nothing we can go, and for a good number of years the charge will stay on his record. If he would have fought the charge, he may have been able to reduce the charge to just a speeding ticket. Now he is stuck in a mess for the next 5 years. Ernie Nycz Dallas, Texas |