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About one of the four vehicles on the roads is unversichert Oklahoma, and there is not much can be done to improve public servants say that.

Oklahoma, legislators have proposed and adopted a series of measures to punish drivers who are not insured, but the amount of the state of uninsured drivers, has been stable in recent years, “said Lonnie Jarman, director of pilots in the Respect for the rule of the Section of Public Safety.

“In the 50 states and the District of Columbia, there has found the solution,” said Jarman.

Many motorists, who are not in the implementation of auto insurance because they can not afford, “said Jarman.

“Most countries have found, regardless of what they are trying to do, it does not change this sentence very well,” said Jarman. “The reason why this is true, is because it s is a social issue, the social question is not, “I can not. ”

The Insurance Research Council, a group of manufacturers, found that 14.8% of motorists are unversichert Oklahoma, the 18 at worst to the nation. But the criminal prosecution authorities, insurance and government officials believe the actual rate may be twice as high.

Dan Ramsey, president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma, estimated that between 23 percent and 30 percent of motorists are public had no insurance.

“Everybody has insurance pays for those who do not,” said Ramsey. “Okay, then the value of your insurance rates could be 23 to 30 percent higher than it should be.”

Most Oklahoma motorists buy insurance, the costs of accidents and damage uninsured or underinsured driver. About 58 percent of customers in Oklahoma Allstate insurance, costs nearly $ 200 per annum and politics, “said Allstate spokesman Shelly Beeler.

Senator Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, has written a bill during the last year in order to allow the judicial authorities to seize uninsured vehicles. The bill was not adopted. Anderson, who believes too much, as a State in three motorists are unversichert, he said much the measure in response to complaints ingredients.

“One lady in particular, a single mother, their payroll was $ 30 months, and for self-insurance is provided by an uninsured driver, and now she has no car, no money to replace the vehicle, “said Anderson.” She is a great loss, and it has done everything it could to follow the law. ”

Course, not warnings

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Capt. Chris West, said: “The vast majority” of police officers in general nominate - not as a problem warning - motorists who are not proof of insurance or admit it no insurance.

“My family is in this situation, when my wife was involved in a collision, and the other person has no insurance,” said West. “It is frustrating. You are what you should do, the other person either. ”

The number of cards issued in Oklahoma for people who do not have insurance or proof of insurance has been on the decline, after the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

“I think it has to do with the implementation,” said the spokesman for the patrol Betsy Randolph. “If we start of the population plunged into the pocketbooks attention they start.”

Those who are not for quotation, the insurance is to pay a fine to pay and get their license.

“We are not doing to achieve the specific objectives of the campaign, had no,” said Randolph. “It’s always something we need a driver’s license and proof of insurance. People need to ensure that their vehicles at any time. People should be able, for a peace officer, (and) if they do not receive a summons. In the case of an accident, there is zero tolerance. ”

Jarman, he said believes that the rate of uninsured drivers is not always bad, but it is not improved. A new method based on the Web for identification of uninsured vehicles is immediate for the launch on 1 July in Oklahoma Jarman said.

The same computer system in Texas has been plagued by breakdowns and inaccurate information, the officers against the drivers who are insured, “said Jerry John, southwestern Texas Insurance Information Service.

“It became a nightmare,” said Johns. “It was in January to begin, and they are no closer now, as they were previously. The real question is the accuracy of the information that is in. ”

Ramsey, independent insurance agents group, said an accident with an uninsured driver can be a lifetime in the head.

“It could not be greater headaches, greater than ever you can imagine,” said Ramsey. “People have participated with him in the faith that the other boys, is not guaranteed.”