Alabama Trying To Deal With Almost One Million Uninsured Drivers

Many of the southern states struggle with the fact that thousands of their drivers break the law and drive while they are uninsured. Alabama has decided that it has no other choice but to try to find a way to deal with the uninsured drivers in their state and now they are cracking down on the offenders.
Currently the number of offenders is at approximately 900,000 and beginning after the first of the year, it will be much tougher to break the law in the state. There will be a car insurance verification in place which will be able to notify a cop or other official in a matter of seconds if a person is in fact insured.

The technology has been tested and will be used statewide in a matter of months. This is good news for car insurance companies and their policy holders but it is very bad news if you happen to be uninsured right now. Some men and women have argued that they have to drive while uninsured because the economy is in a bad place and they cannot afford the coverage. Some argue if you cannot afford to pay your car insurance premiums then how can you pay to put fuel in your car all the time?

The state’s Revenue Department will also use the system to check random license plate numbers to try to track down people who have cancelled their car insurance policies and are no longer insured. It will also be used by clerks when people go to register their vehicles. If a clerk runs the driver’s license plate numbers and there is not valid insurance coverage in place then they will not be allowed to get new registration tags.

Drivers who are told that their car insurance coverage is not valid must produce proof that they are insured. People who do not do this can end up having their vehicle registration suspended. It can take a while to resolve an issue such as a registration suspension so it is important for drivers who live in the state to make sure that they do follow the law and remain insured at all times.

Some drivers try to find loopholes so they will just drop their coverage after they have gotten their tags. The Revenue Department knows that drivers do this which is why they will be conducting their random checks so that compliance is more likely to occur year round. 

Drivers will face a fine that can be a maximum of $500 the first time that they commit the offense. Every offense after this one can result in a $1,000 fine which is a lot of money to have to pay when it is easy to get cheap liability insurance coverage.