Hi: Well, I so disagree on the insurance on the car issue. If you are not driving your car, you can buy a significantly reduced policy for your car. We have so many uninsured motorists, its disgraceful. And then when there is an accident, they have no insurance to pay for the damage. The other driver is left holding the bag. You can pick and chose which features you want on your insurance. So, if you don't want to cover certain aspects of the repair of your car, you can not buy insurance on it. But it isn't right that uninsured motorists can get on the road, and cause damage, and then have no way to pay for it. Sunkist

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In Canada, in Saskatchewan our Insurance (car) license plates, and licenses are all handled by the same government body (SGI), you can't get on the road without insurance, or you can, but you wouldn't have a valid license, also you can't own a road legal vehicle without insurance because it comes with the plates.

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Hi:

That sounds like a better system, Moldboy, than what we have here in California. It is the law that you have to be insured to drive, but lots of people do it anyway. If you are stopped for a traffic violation, there has to be proof of insurance. But its still a huge problem.

So, now when I buy auto insurance, I have a rider/extra on my policy for uninsured motorists. So I am buying insurance to protect myself, if the person who hits my car has no insurance (and the accident was their fault).

I think that auto insurance should be included in the price of gasoline. That way, there would be no way around it. (I know its an additional tax, but it would help solve the problem).

Sunkist

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