wer registration fees.According to the San Diego Union-Tribune states that “Nearly 28 percent of the cars on the state’s streets and highways are uninsured.” Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush stated that this “underscores the obvious: People who can’t afford insurance drive without it.” High insurance rates coupled with high DMV fees are costing the State of California more money than reducing our fees. Obviously, there is a link between being poor and uninsured. In lower class areas the rates of uninsured motorist can climb as high as 45 percent. (Riggs, p C-1)The California vehicle code currently requires that any accident involving fatality, injury, or property damage in excess of $500 is reported to the department and that evidence of insurance be supplied. Drivers unable to supply such evidence have their license suspended for one year until evidence of insurance is supplied and maintained on file. (Marowitz, intro.)The California Vehicle Code and the DMV have an obvious problem when the number of uninsured motorist is compared to the laws. In all research I conducted for this paper I was unable to find one study conducted by the DMV into the comparisons of financial status, and legally troubled drivers.The CVC has laws on the books, which take advantage of people in many different situations. Child Support delinquency, the “DMV must suspend an occupational license, such as a commercial driver license of any licensee four months or more delinquent in court ordered child support payments.” An out of work or injured truck driver must lose his/her professional license because of a civil matter. This law not only robs a person of their profession but also adds to the financial difficulties they may have been enduring. (DMV update 94-95, 1-4) Another similar law is AB 95 which “requires DMV to suspend the drivers license for six months of any person convicted of a...
