No matter how often people are told not to drink and drive, they continue to do so. If you get caught, you will be charged with a DUI (driving under influence). This is likely to mean your license will be revoked for some time and getting it back will be difficult. Even if it is not revoked, you will probably have to meet a number of very stringent criteria. One of those is that you will have to file for SR22 insurance.

What Is SR22 Insurance?

SR22 is not actually a form of insurance. Rather, it is a form that proves you have insurance. Most states will require you to file this, as it proves that you are properly covered and you will not be able to have your driving privileges restored without it. The form itself is passed to the DMV by your insurance company and shows what level of coverage you have and that you have paid for it. Once the DMV receives your SR22 form, your driving suspension will be removed.

You usually have to carry SR22 for a number of years. If your policy lapses or if you don’t make payments, your insurance company will immediately tell the DMV about this. At that point, your license will once again be revoked.

How to Get SR22

SR22 in itself is very affordable. A payment of around $50 will be added to your total premiums and you will simply pay for it automatically. However, insuring yourself after a DUI is incredibly expensive. In fact, your premiums will easily be twice as high as they were before and will be more on par, if not higher than, insurance for young drivers. This is why you should spend some time finding insurance underwriters that specialize in high risk insurance cases in order to find a reasonably affordable deal.

There are a number of things that you can do to bring your policy premiums down, however. The first is to install an ignition steering lock. This means that you must breathalyze yourself every time you want to drive. Insurance companies like this, because it means that you cannot drive if you have had something to drink. This means that your risk is immediately reduced. However, if you have been convicted not just of a DUI but also of other motoring offenses, such as speeding and reckless driving, it may not be enough. In those cases, you may have to do thing similar to young drivers in order to bring your premiums down. This includes driving a newer, less powerful car and having a lock installed that means you can drive no faster than 50 miles per hour.

Unfortunately, recovering from a DUI is about more than sobering up. This is a conviction that will have lengthy implications for a very long time. You will be seen as a dangerous driver for at least six years after your license has been reinstated, and you will have to pay the price for that.

It is likely that you will have seen the latest craze in bicycles: the electric bike, or e bike. They are appearing everywhere at an alarming rate, because these things fly and they fly fast. So much so, in fact, that some governments are now calling for training courses to be made mandatory for anyone who wants to ride one. All that aside, however, the reality is that there are many benefits to e bikes and it is no wonder that they are so popular.

Benefits of E Bikes

E bikes offer a number of benefits:

• They are convenient
• They are fast
• They are reasonably environmentally friendly (although less so than a regular bike)
• You can make them yourself

DIY E Bike Conversions

Wait, you can make them yourself? Indeed you can! While stores are selling e bikes for thousands of dollars, you can actually purchase a conversion kit for a whole lot less money and create one yourself. That is also more environmentally friendly, because you are reusing your old bike rather than purchasing a new one. Plus, it means you don’t have to get used to a whole new saddle once again.

You can choose from a huge range of e bike kits on today’s market. Once installed, you will have that little bit of extra power, you will be able to tackle those hills or windy days without any problem anymore. Some people may say that it is lazy to use an electric bike, but everything is about convenience nowadays. And the reality is that if you were to be faced with a massive hill and you didn’t have an e bike, you may be tempted to take the car instead. So, you could actually indirectly protect the environment by using an e bike. Good for you!

Because there are so many different kits, you do need to learn a little bit about the variations as well. Usually, you will only have to take off your bike’s front wheel and you’ll be able to place the new one inside the hub. You then need to install the switch and the battery pack and connect these two together. The battery pack is small enough to fit in your front basket or, alternatively, behind your saddle. There are now also some kits that allow your motor to be fixed to the wheel at the bake of your bike, with the battery pack on top of it. Either way, it is easy enough to place it out of the way and to reach it when it needs charging.

Clearly, these conversion kits are fantastic inventions. If you want to own an e bike, then these will save you a whole lot of money, because brand new bikes with electric motors are really expensive. Whether you want some help with those nasty hills, want to commit to cycling to work every day, or simply want something different, these kits are for you. Affordable and easy to install, you’ll be good to go in no time.