Posted on 12/11/2014 8:53:53 AM PST by TurboZamboni
ST. PAUL — (AP) State legislators are working on ways to better identify Minnesota residents who drive without auto insurance. Motorists don't have to show proof of insurance when renewing a vehicle's registration. People who drive without insurance can lose their licenses and be fined about $300. The state has a law mandating insurance but doesn't have a meaningful verification system, said Sen. Susan Kent, who heads the uninsured motorist task force that is expected to come up with recommendations by Feb. 1. The committee has explored options ranging from increasing fines to seizing license plates of uninsured drivers. "There's a real sort of continuum of how strong we want to be in these enforcement mechanisms and how hard we want to pursue people to prove their insurance," Kent said. The insurance industry estimates 10 to 20 percent of Minnesotans drive without insurance, Minnesota Public Radio reported. And those uninsured motorists drive up premium costs for insured drivers.
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My suggestion would be for plates to follow the person- right now a person can buy a used jalopy with fairly new tabs from a private owner and drive around until they crash again and/or get their 10th DUI(usually why they don't have insurance in the first place)
I knew someone who sold a car in Minnesota and the buyer never converted the plates, the state tried to go after the seller, when the buyer crashed. It’s a stupid system. Plates should stay with the person not the car.
LOL!
Lobbyist Alert!
How many Insurance Companies are headquartered in Minn.?
I once proposed to my State Senator that he pursue what I called the “I don’t care about your personal problems auto insurance reform” Bill.
It would include among other things 5-10 year sentences for being caught driving without insurance. Half a dozen sentences would cause people to get insurance or quit driving.
He agreed with me but it never got proposed.
Wow. I feel so ignorant. The state I live in, do stay with the person, not the car, in the event of a sale. Also, you have to provide proof of insurance to get or renew plates.
To do it any other way seems irresponsible and idiotic.
How many other states are like Minnesota ?
And it never will, because the illegals would suffer don’cha know?
hence the first three words
I don’t know. Minnesota is a beautiful state and mostly full of good people. Unfortunately the ‘rulers” are mostly socialist/communist idiots.
Politicians and lobbyists will concoct a way for illegals and other moochers to have car insurance paid by taxpaying citizens.
Maybe it will be “The Affordable Auto Insurance Act”.
They could call it “Obama-Car”.
Shout "Immigration!" at a Home Depot parking lot.
True about most of our states, isn't it ?
That won’t happen for the same reason we don’t have “gasoline stamps”
Statists want to restrict mobility of the masses, including illegals. Public transportation and scheduled service are the ideal.
The uninsured should be required to have a sticker on their car stating they’re uninsured.
“Motorists don’t have to show proof of insurance when renewing a vehicle’s registration”
well d.oh.
Pay me a million and I’ll do a study suggesting a way for govt to verify they have insurance
It could be futile, anyway.
In Nebraska, you do have to show proof of insurance at registration renewal, but seemingly a person could buy a policy for one month every year, then let it lapse after being able to show the paid-to date is one month out from the annual registration renewal.
Here are some clues. They have dark hair. They have darker skin tone than most. They speak poor, if any, English.
Just tryin' to help.
My Senator referred to that as Street Insurance and said that was a large part of the problem. Just enough insurance to get the car on the street.
“La Migre !”
As someone who’s has been hit numerous times by the welfare chick with no insurance, I concur.
To one judge’s credit and my amazement, he did threaten the woman with jail if she didn’t pay my damage and even garnished wages.(she had other outstanding judgements as well) It took forever, but I did get paid.
Incidentally, she had a nicer car than me.
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