Trying to get insurance with a driving conviction can be a bit of a nightmare. Many insurers won't even offer you a quote, and you may find the quotes you do get are very expensive.

With a driving conviction in your past, you're judged on that mistake and not on how you drive now. The way to prove you're not a big risk? Driving with a connected device.

You're obviously not in any hurry to get another driving conviction, so you're the perfect candidate for connected insurance. If you drive well for a year, you'll get a renewal that takes that into account.

Check out Ticker convicted driver insurance: your way to get back to the price you deserve for your insurance.

As long as your driving conviction wasn't related to damage to your vehicle, the NCD you'd earned at the time you cancelled your insurance policy is still yours.

Your last insurer will have let you know your NCD entitlement when you left them.

Keep in mind:

Find out more about how NCD works.

One of the biggest factors in your insurance price - after your conviction - is the car you choose.

As insurers will now see you as higher risk, it's worth thinking a bit smaller and lowering your risk elsewhere: smaller engine, lower value and less desirable.

Yes, it's annoying. But getting back on the road is priceless, so it could be worth this compromise to get the quote you need.