i wanna know if they can do that just out of curiosity can they obtain that info just by entering that plate number or does it just give them your registration info?
2006-10-11 09:39:37 · 22 answers · asked by Franky 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
Yes,
when you let your auto insurance lapse, the insurance company notifies the DMV in your state.
In PA, the police will confiscate your liscence plate when they learn you no longer have insurance.
2006-10-12 01:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by msdagney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was on the news, I think last year or maybe this year not quite sure. But I am certain that police officers can input or scan your license plate details while they are behind you in their car which would then be passed to the station, and then they would know whether you have insurance or not. Clever devices they are making nowadays. But I don't know whether they are using them yet. Just wait and see, or just get the insurance. Toss a coin.
2006-10-11 13:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by bex 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in a state that requires you to note your insurance company and policy number, that is part of your registration and they will find out. That only tells them the last insurance company you told the DMV about. You could have changed companies or let your policy cancel since then.
2006-10-11 11:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. In most states. The few states that don't have data bases (Oklahoma for example) are putting them in to stop those who sign up for insurance, register their car and then never make the next insurance payment and drive without until the registration is due again.
2006-10-11 09:59:22 · answer #4 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many states, yes they can. MO came on-line with that system about 2 years ago. The cop will compare your proof of insurance with any information that comes back on the computer. If it doesn't match, things might get interesting. If everything checks out, you'll probably never know that they checked that.
2006-10-11 09:52:15 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the police officer recognizes you, and is familiar with your unlicensed from a prior give up, then confident, he has the desirable to pull you throughout lower back and cite you lower back. probably tow the motor vehicle to maintain you from utilising lower back, or he may be staggering and assist you to to call somebody tocontinual the vehicle. The computers in police automobile hyperlinks them to a database that attracts up all your past interplay with regulation-enforcement, and in case you have any staggering tickets, warrants, or courtroom subject concerns. If a police officer has probably reason to pull you over, he can. regulation enforcement now has lots extra means than purely some years in the past. frequently by way of Patriot Act law that Prez Bush has signed into regulation.
2016-11-27 22:20:49 · answer #6 · answered by reader 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been pulled over numerous times they never run the ins just check the card to assure the date is current. But i do know this, most states Insurance carriers inform the dept of motor vehicles when your insurance lapses so it could affect your ability to re-register your vehicle should one drive uninsured for long period of time.
2006-10-11 09:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by eastcoastraven 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because insurance company report to DMV's when insurance coverage lapses.
2006-10-18 15:47:01 · answer #8 · answered by gfgayle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in most jurisdictions as companies have about 2 weeks to report a cancellation of coverage under most states' laws...i.e. there is no such thing as a "real time" coverage reportage.
2006-10-18 16:26:46 · answer #9 · answered by cmpbush 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, just buy the insurance and you won't have to worry about what the cops know when they pull you over!
2006-10-11 09:47:40 · answer #10 · answered by siobahn 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋