Things are a bit different in CT when it comes to points on your driver's license for moving violations and reporting those points to your insurance company.

Speeding up to 85mph on a limited access highway is a mail in fine, if you elect not to appear in court. Over 85 mph, court appearence is required.

If you decide to mail in the fine, there are no points issued against your driving record. If you elect to go to court to fight the charge and then lose, there are points placed on your record. You also get points if you go to court and just plead guilty.

This mail in fine - no point system also applys to other moving violations such as, stop signs, red light, turning and passing violations.

The purporse is to keep people out of the court.

It is amazing how few folks go to court under this system, they just send in the money.