If my boyfriend was driving my car and was stopped for speeding, if he didn’t know where his insurance card was, can I bring proof of insurance prior to the court date and just pay off the ticket?

If my boyfriend was driving my car and was stopped for speeding, if he didn’t know where his insurance card was, can I bring proof of insurance prior to the court date and just pay off the ticket?

He was told by the officer he was not allowed to call me to ask. Now he has a court date for the speeding ticket. We want to avoid court costs and I feel the police officer was in the wrong telling him he couldn’t make a call to find his insurance card. He is insured on my insurance.

Asked on February 25, 2013 under Insurance Law, Alabama

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