Oklahoma Uninsured Vehicle Enforcement Diversion Program Letter

[Shadowrider]

That and expired tags over 30 days old. If you cant afford the tag or insurance, you can't afford to drive. Sounds Harsh but.............. nothing pisses me off more than to still see a paper tag on a $50k vehicle that is 60 days old. If you bought the car, you can buy the tag. if not, don't get the car.

I agree but it’s not always the owners fault. When I bought my last used car from a dealer they had to issue me another paper tag because they were waiting on something. I don’t remember what but maybe the title? I can’t imagine that it’s any better nowadays. It took about 7 weeks to get me the paperwork to go tag it.

 

[beardking]

Kinda off topic but very near to the point. IF the DOT believes what they doing it fair, right and just. Then there needs to be a law passed that requires the, TT&T to be incorporated into the actual cost at the time of the sale, and maybe even 6 to 12 months of upfront insurance therefore they get the actual tag and then can be scanned and ticketed for not having insurance. That should help eliminate so many of the paper tags that are sometime almost a yr out of date

I think this is the most reasonable approach.

I'll admit, when I bought my truck last year, I ended up going a good bit longer than the paper tag allowed. Not because I was flagrantly trying to skirt (or completely ignore) the law, but because the week after I bought my truck, I ended up having to spend $2k on my Jeep to keep it operational. It took me a bit to recover from that in order to pay for the tags. I even got stopped once while on that expired tag and fully expected to suffer the consequences. Luckily for me, I ended up with just a warning and was fortunately able to get the tag taken care of not long afterward. Not my proudest moment, but it's what I had to do at the time. (BTW: I'm all legal now and when we traded off that d8mn Jeep, we made sure to get the tags included in the price of the car. )

 

[Rooster1971]

That and expired tags over 30 days old. If you cant afford the tag or insurance, you can't afford to drive. Sounds Harsh but.............. nothing pisses me off more than to still see a paper tag on a $50k vehicle that is 60 days old. If you bought the car, you can buy the tag. if not, don't get the car.

I’m not sure people realize how bad this state will bend you over for a buck anymore. When I bought my 55 Chevy, I about crapped when transfer and tag was well over $600 for a 60 plus year old car. I did pay $14k for it. I can’t imagine what it would be on a 60k truck.
Same car, the 55 a couple years later. I let the tag expire accidentally. I guess they don’t send notices occasionally. The penalty changed from .25 to 1.00 a day penalty. That $25 tag cost me triple on a car I drove vey little. These greedy politicians need to go.
I agree on the insurance deal. I was hit with only liability and got the screw due to a no insurance situation. What are you going to do? Sue a broke dick with no money.

 

[Snattlerake]

That might take care of the paper tag issue, but there is still the "uninsured vehicle" problem. Back a number of years ago, I asked our insurance agent why it was that we "needed" to have uninsured motorist coverage when the state required all vehicles to have insurance.

It appears that folks buy their vehicle and then go get it insured with a monthly payment for the insurance. Then, after making one payment and getting the insurance verification form, they don't make any more insurance payments, thus being a uninsured motorist, and then the rest of us get to pay extra for "our" coverage.

The insurance company is required to inform the state the insurance is no longer in effect then the state should by law suspend the tag on the uninsured's policy. It used to be called FR Flag for financial responsibility flag.

 

[TerryMiller]

I think this is the most reasonable approach.

I'll admit, when I bought my truck last year, I ended up going a good bit longer than the paper tag allowed. Not because I was flagrantly trying to skirt (or completely ignore) the law, but because the week after I bought my truck, I ended up having to spend $2k on my Jeep to keep it operational. It took me a bit to recover from that in order to pay for the tags. I even got stopped once while on that expired tag and fully expected to suffer the consequences. Luckily for me, I ended up with just a warning and was fortunately able to get the tag taken care of not long afterward. Not my proudest moment, but it's what I had to do at the time. (BTW: I'm all legal now and when we traded off that d8mn Jeep, we made sure to get the tags included in the price of the car. )

I wouldn't worry too much about going over. Wife and I were out driving back to our RV from walking in Sooner Mall in Norman, and as we drove by the Riverwind casino, we noticed a car in front of us with a paper tag. Wife said the date on the tag was 10-26-21. Five months over...

...but then they turned into the Riverwind, so I figure that they keep losing the money at the casino that they need to cover the taxes and tag.

Idiots....

 

[Choprzrul]

AS a current CA resident (hoping to change that here before too long), this whole program sounds more like CA than OK....

 

[TedKennedy]

I'd do away with mandatory insurance if I could.

Carry insurance on your vehicle, uninsured motorist, etc...if I drive a 10K vehicle, I carry 10K dollars worth of insurance.

Eliminating mandatory coverage will be a blow to insurance companies, as well as make them more competitive.

 

[Snattlerake]

I'd do away with mandatory insurance if I could.

Carry insurance on your vehicle, uninsured motorist, etc...if I drive a 10K vehicle, I carry 10K dollars worth of insurance.

Eliminating mandatory coverage will be a blow to insurance companies, as well as make them more competitive.

Lawyers and insurance companies rule the world. Everyone else is just a cash cow to be milked. Look at how so many companies have embraced the left's agenda just to keep from getting sued or burned to the ground.

 

[turkeyrun]

I'd do away with mandatory insurance if I could.

Carry insurance on your vehicle, uninsured motorist, etc...if I drive a 10K vehicle, I carry 10K dollars worth of insurance.

Eliminating mandatory coverage will be a blow to insurance companies, as well as make them more competitive.

When goobermint passed mandatory liability coverage, rates doubled overnight.

When goobermint passed OdumbassCare and mandatory coverage, rates, deductibles and co-pays doubled.