How to drive without car insurance and get away with it (would u?)

[TheVirtualMind]

Can cops check the validity of a proof of insurance card during a traffic stop?



afaik, it is not a valid reason for a traffic stop to pull over a motorist just to ask for insurance. Yet obviously, they can during a stop for anything else. "Weaving" is a typical generic excuse for when they don't have an excuse. They also like to tailgate your car with their high beams on to get you to go just a little over the speed limit, thus justifying the stop.

If a stop is "bad," meaning no valid reason, then it becomes an illegal search and everything they find will be the 'fruit of the poisonous tree' and thus inadmissible as evidence against you. That's the best way to get a DUI thrown out.

But by "check," I didn't mean just ask for your little card, I meant, is there some sort of central insurance computer that they access? If I cancel my policy, I will have the same little card. I don't think such a thing exists in my state, although it might in other states.

to answer my own question:
http://www.carsdirect.com/car-insurance/criminal-penalties-for-using-fake-proof-of-insurance
At present, a few states do not have live databases that can check insurance information. But a few states like California and Texas do.

Depends on the state. In my state, the insurance company reports to the DMV/MVA if someone lapses on the insurance/has no insurance, so when the tag gets run through the computer system, it tells the officer/dispatch that the person vehicle/person does not have insurance, which is a valid reason to stop a vehicle here. Again, that might depend on each state.

Frankly, I hate people that drive without insurance. I was hit head on by a drunk dumb*ss earlier this year. Medical bills, my vehicle, missed work, ect was well over $70,000. Insurance paid for it all. If one of us didn't have insurance...Yeah...

Atom Smasher: When I was in court, my guy tried to come apologize afterwards. I told him kindly that since he tried to run from me that night and didn't get far before I planted his *ss, he should run this time since I was almost 100% healed before I do what my body wouldn't let me do that night.