Uninsured Drivers Increasing; Vary by State; Miss. Highest, Maine Lowest

June 28, 2006

  • June 28, 2006 at 7:37 am
    Ela Manu says:
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    I am wondering how these procentages split between legals and illegals.

    Nobody gives statistics on how many illegals are involved in car accidents and how are the insurances treating these cases?Like hit an run so they would protect the illegals!?

    insurancejournal.com might want to change the font for the anti-spam. Cofusions take place, LIKE BETWEEN 8 AND B!

  • June 28, 2006 at 2:12 am
    Ray Margeson says:
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    I wonder what effect mandatory insurance and the state\’s ability to track insurance has on this issue? One would expect New York (with its high insurance costs) to be higher than 7% but New York has mandatory insurance and does track insured status.

  • June 28, 2006 at 2:36 am
    cURIOUS gEORGIE says:
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    If it\’s mandatory then how can it be greater than 0%?

  • June 28, 2006 at 2:46 am
    Ray says:
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    Because, silly rabbit, some folks will ALWAYS try to beat the system.

  • June 28, 2006 at 3:58 am
    auto geek says:
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    It\’s not that hard to beat the system. You get insurance, renew your license/registration, then don\’t pay the premium bill. Ta da, in a month you\’re uninsured. Happens all the time, in most states. Even with the states fining folks for not having insurance, they drive without it, then drive w/o registration and on suspended licenses.

  • June 28, 2006 at 4:48 am
    rp says:
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    Then of course, there are some states like Mississippi who even though there is a mandatory insurance law in effect, does not in force the law. The only way that I will get penalized for not having insurance, is IF I get into an accident, and the police officer writes me a ticket for no insurance. They do not check for insurance at the time of your license/registration renewal.

  • July 5, 2006 at 3:03 am
    Big Insurance says:
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    A large percentage of the uninsured. In CT where I live, we read about at least 3 per day who 1.) Are driving drunk to the point of complete intoxication where they have run into something, drove at 3am with no headlights, etc. 2.) Are cited for driving with no insurance, no registration and no drivers license. All are described as a \”resident\” of Danbury, CT but never described as \”undocumented immigrant\”, \”migrant\” or \”illegal alien\”.

    I was rear-ended by one of these wonderful additions to the U.S. economy. She was speeding through our neighborhood and hit my car as I was backing out of my driveway. I called the cops to file a report. No license, no \”seguros\”, and and expired registration. I paid my deductible, and my carrier boosted my rate! If it had been me driving irresponsibly, my name would\’ve been emblazened all over the newspapers. There was not even a mention which would lead me to believe no penalty was imposed on the tortfeasor.

  • July 21, 2006 at 12:36 pm
    The Family Guy says:
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    The state should create allow which would automatically take possession of an insured vehicle and not release the vehicle for 10 days giving the driver time to prove and verify coverage. If no coverage is proven during the violation date, the state should assume possession of the vehicle. This will deter drivers from even take the risk. My wife was involved in an accident with an uninsured motorist and we\’ve had to flip the bill for the auto repair and medical bills because of this idiot! I\’m really pissed about this. As far as I know, the officer didn\’t even give the other driver a citation or have her vehicle towed in. In fact he did such a lousy job on the report, he didn\’t even include insurance information. On top of that it was lost in the police records and stil has not been recreated.

  • July 10, 2007 at 2:27 am
    JD says:
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    Last time I checked, the car starts even without an inforce policy. ;)

  • July 11, 2007 at 8:24 am
    Ray says:
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    Big Insurance – On the surface of your description you were at fault in that accident. You backed into the street into the path of a vehicle in the roadway – you failed to yield the right-of-way and were the proximate cause of the accident – and it is obvious that your insurance company realized you were at fault since they are surcharging you for the accident. The fact that the other driver was doing something wrong does not change the fault in the situation you describe. Whether they had insurance or a current registration or (in YOUR opinion) was speeding is not germaine when you back into traffic.

    A good example of that type of situation occurred here recently. A person, under the influence, stopped at a stop sign at a four way stop. Then drove into the intersection where he was struck by a minister’s wife who failed to stop at her stop sign. Granted, he was DUI, but her actions caused the accident. We could never really convince her that she was at fault, but the insurance company did surcharge and rightly so.



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