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What is the name of your state? Ohio
I lost my job a couple months ago and did not have the money to keep up on my auto insurance, but I also did not need to drive my car since I had no employment, and I live with a roommate who can drive. I recently got a job and started shopping online for auto insurance, and got Insurance that became effective as of 11/26/2002. A couple days after that I got a letter in the mail from the State of Ohio requesting proof of Insurance for the date 10/30/02 Just my luck...
I did a little research through their site and all their insurance laws say that you must have auto insurance to DRIVE your car, or to allow someone else to DRIVE your car. None of them say that just by owning a car you must maintain insurance on it the whole time.
Anyhow, I did not respond to the first letter and I just got the second letter today notifying me of suspension that's going to occur on 2/18/03 if I don't send proof of insurance for the date requested within 21 days.
Can they really suspend my license without proof that I was driving (or anyone else was driving my car) on the day in question?? I thought it was innocent until proven guilty here in the US?
I'm not sure how to handle this situation, I really don't want to get my license suspended because I don't want to lose my new job, I also don't want to have "special" insurance for the next 5 years either
Any advice would be greatly appriciated.
Thank you,
Chuck Hall
I lost my job a couple months ago and did not have the money to keep up on my auto insurance, but I also did not need to drive my car since I had no employment, and I live with a roommate who can drive. I recently got a job and started shopping online for auto insurance, and got Insurance that became effective as of 11/26/2002. A couple days after that I got a letter in the mail from the State of Ohio requesting proof of Insurance for the date 10/30/02 Just my luck...
I did a little research through their site and all their insurance laws say that you must have auto insurance to DRIVE your car, or to allow someone else to DRIVE your car. None of them say that just by owning a car you must maintain insurance on it the whole time.
Anyhow, I did not respond to the first letter and I just got the second letter today notifying me of suspension that's going to occur on 2/18/03 if I don't send proof of insurance for the date requested within 21 days.
Can they really suspend my license without proof that I was driving (or anyone else was driving my car) on the day in question?? I thought it was innocent until proven guilty here in the US?
I'm not sure how to handle this situation, I really don't want to get my license suspended because I don't want to lose my new job, I also don't want to have "special" insurance for the next 5 years either
Any advice would be greatly appriciated.
Thank you,
Chuck Hall