STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Tired of parking fines and speeding tickets? A Swedish company offers insurance against both, claiming to be the first in the field.
Swedish drivers who register with the Bisso company at the Web site www.bisso.se and pay an annual fee of 850 crowns ($112) are covered against three speeding tickets a year, as long as they are not more than 30 km an hour (19 miles an hour) above the limit.

For an extra fee, drivers can buy cover against parking fines. Fines in Sweden, which has one of the best road safety records in the world, range from 800 to 2000 crowns for speeding and 425 to 700 crowns for parking offences.

"We believe drivers are under economic pressure and there is no room in household budgets to pay fines. We offer economic protection," said Dan Glimmeras, head of marketing at Bisso.

He told Reuters insuring against speeding fines was not illegal, but repeat offenders could still lose their license.

Several thousand people had signed up for the insurance since May, Glimmeras said.

 

Nice idea.... unfortunatly the first thing that comes to my mind is that I would feel like I'm paying to be allowed to go faster. Which is probably the exact reason noone has anything like that before.

 

i would be all over the parking insurance. i get so many parking tickets its ridiculous. i dont speed but covering your butt is always good.

 

ha! now that's thinking out of the box.

 

I heard about that on the radio last night. I would so get if it were offered. I like to cruise at 80 on the highway, that would come in handy

 

30mph...thats good for 100mph down here!

 

30 kmph :slap:

 

reading > me :doh:

 

the ticket cost itself is not the problem is the huge insurance hike. the parking one would come in handy tho.

 

I should get that. I'm fuckin sick and tired of getting pulled over and ticketed for nothing. I paid about $700 in tickets and lawyer fees since I got my escalade in January.