FL Drivers, be very very scared....

[Shagnwrx]

Insurance No-Fault Law in Florida expires this fall. Legislators didn't extend it in their last session, and not moving fast to get it on the agenda for the next special session.

To me, this would be a frightening prospect for responsible drivers, especially if they get in an accident.

Here is the Article

Drivers May Not Need Auto Insurance In Florida
If The Roads Are Chaotic Now, Wait Until The Fall

Al Sunshine
Reporting

(CBS4) MIAMI After Oct. 1, Florida drivers will no longer be required to carry auto insurance because the no-fault law will have expired.

That's result of lawmakers not taking up its renewal during their regular legislative session that ended two weeks ago.

The state's no-fault law, which requires drivers to buy at least $10,000 in personal injury protection, or PIP, and $25,000 in property damage liability, is set to expire because lawmakers failed to extend it or replace it with another insurance requirement.

The senate passed a bill that would have extended the no-fault law for four years, but it was never taken up in the house of representatives.

While rumors continued in Tallahassee that legislators could take up the auto insurance issue during the June special session, Gov. Crist has called them to tackle property tax reform. There has been no action as yet to put the no-fault law on that agenda.

Lawyers and doctors who work with accident victims are shocked at the prospect that lawmakers would let the no-fault law die without any action, especially since required insurance coverage would disappear.

Right now, proof a driver has purchased PIP and property damage coverage are required to register a vehicle in Florida. Drivers can be ticketed if they don't have insurance.

But in an e-mail sent to an insurance agent, an official with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said once the no-fault law expires there would be ``no mandatory insurance for the purpose of obtaining a vehicle registration.''

But attorneys believe responsible drivers will end up paying far more for auto insurance as they add more coverage to protect themselves against uninsured drivers.

[cntryboy0531]

Great. I'm going to be bent over at the pump, and now be bent over at the insurance table as well, even more so. :rolleyes:

[jamez]

Great. I'm going to be bent over at the pump, and now be bent over at the insurance table as well, even more so. :rolleyes:

Ummmm......Nevermind.


























I was just gonna say something about no pictures.