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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.legal
Subject: re: uninsured motorists
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Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 22:28:24 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 18 22:28:24 1985
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>In Maryland ... they randomly sample 10% of all motorists who must
>get their insurance company to send a letter back to the MVA here
>indicating that they are covered and have been covered for the
>entire period.

This is a bit of a nuisance, but it's not nearly as bad as what
happens if an insurance company (*any* insurance company) makes
a mistake and tells the MVA that your policy has been cancelled.
This happened to me, when my agent wrote down the wrong driver's
license number, and also to a friend of a friend of mine, when a
company that had *never* insured her told the MVA that her
(nonexistent) policy with them had been cancelled.

When this happens, the MVA immediately suspends the registration
for the car(s) in question, and you must file an FR-19 form (the
same letter mentioned above) in order to have it reinstated.
Worse yet, the form *must* be filed at the Glen Burnie office
near Baltimore; it cannot be done at your local MVA.  The catch
is that you can't drive there since your registration has been
suspended!

Of course, you can do all this by mail, but that leaves you unable
to legally drive for two weeks or so.
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