A lot of people buy the insurance and get the car registered, and then they cancel it," said DMV spokesman Armando Botello. "There was no way for the DMV to know the insurance was canceled until they get stopped by an (law enforcement) officer or were involved in an accident or the next time their registration came up.
The state can add on the cost of a policy on top of that to buy the offender insurance. The idea is to reduce the number of uninsured motorists on California roads. The Insurance Research Council says 25 percent of drivers in this state are uninsured.
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