Ticket Classifications: These tickets are divided into 3 classifications: minor, major and serious convictions, including criminal acts. All ticket classifications, regardless of demerit points, have the potential to affect your insurance rate.

Parking Tickets: Parking tickets do not affect your driving license, insurance record, and do not appear on your driver record.

The consequence of not paying a parking ticket means that your license plate will not be renewed. In other words, you will not be able to get your renewal "sticker".

Minor, Major & Serious Tickets: though laws differ from state to state, here’s a list of ticket classifications that affect your insurance rate for minor, major, serious, and criminal convictions:

Minor Tickets 

• Crowding Driver’s Seat
• Defective Brakes
• Drivers License Violations
• Failing To Share The Road
• Failing To Signal
• Failure To Use Seatbelts
• Failing To Yield
• Failing To Yield To A Pedestrian
• Failure To Surrender Your License  
• Failure To Produce Evidence Of Insurance
• Failure To Produce Or Carry Insurance Card
• Following Too Closely
• Headlight Offences
• Improper Driving In A Bus Lane
• Improper Lane Change
• Improper Opening Of Door
• Improper Passing
• Improper Towing
• Improper Turn
• Improper Use Of Divided Highway
• Insecure Load
• Obstructing Traffic
• Overloading
• Use Of Radar Warning Device
• Improper Railway Crossing
• Speeding
• Stop Sign Infraction
• Stunting / Drag Racing (Though many states are taking this more seriously of late, resulting in more serious consequences)
• Traffic Light Infraction
• Trailer Passenger
• Unnecessary Noise
• Unnecessary Slow Driving
• Unsafe Move
• Unsafe Or Prohibited Turn
• Unsafe Vehicle
• View Obstructe
• Wrong Way On One Way
• Obstruction Of View
• Obstruction Of License Plate
• Driving without an up to date Inspection Sticker 

Major Tickets   

• Failure to Report Damage to Highway Property if you caused the damage
• Speeding 6 MPH or more over posted speed limit
• Failing To Report An Accident
• All Insurance Offenses
• Operating Your Own Motor Vehicle With No Insurance
• Driving With No Insurance
• Produce False Evidence
• Driving In Contravention Of Rest