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Should insurance require a vehicle sticker, like registration,?

Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:47 am
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74200 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:47 am
I was thinking, maybe when you get insurance every six months they send you a vehicle sticker with a color code.

Green for full coverage
Yellow for high liability
Red for minimum coverage.

No sticker for no insurance.
Maybe shame people into getting insurance, better insurance.

Way too many people with no insurance and they seem to be the worst drivers. (Judging by how cars with body damage or unrepaired cheap issues drive)

No way of knowing outside of dmv records who doesn't have insurance until they wreck you and you're trying to get money out of your uninsured motorist policy. (Basically suing yourself)
This post was edited on 3/5/20 at 8:48 am
Posted by TheOtherSide
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2016
348 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:50 am to
Yes to the sticker.

Some color for "dangerous driving conviction" with a number on it that relates to the the conviction type such as DUI.
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
50548 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:51 am to
I agree with the sticker idea but NOT the risk-assigned color idea.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
178792 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:51 am to
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Green for full coverage
Yellow for high liability



"Full Coverage" vs "High Liability"....
Posted by tharre4
Member since Jan 2015
623 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:52 am to
Better invest in a dash cam

*See driver with green sticker*

Poors:

This post was edited on 3/5/20 at 8:55 am
Posted by Dead End
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
21237 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:52 am to
No. We don't need anymore reasons for the police to spend all shift playing with stickers.
This post was edited on 3/5/20 at 8:57 am
Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
50548 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:53 am to
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Way too many people with no insurance and they seem to be the worst drivers.

So you agree that certain types of people and their life decisions present higher risk. This is the precise reason that those with lower credit pay higher premiums.
Posted by geauxjuice
t(-.-t)
Member since Jan 2007
4415 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:55 am to
quote:

I agree with the sticker idea but NOT the risk-assigned color idea.


second
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7831 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:56 am to
Don't we have to show proof of insurance in order to get the Inspection Sticker/Brake Tag already ?
Posted by BiggerBear
Redbone Country
Member since Sep 2011
3151 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:57 am to
Why it won't work:

1. Stickers last longer than the minimum term that an insurance company requires to be paid up front. I.e., just like now, people will get insurance, get the sticker and then stop paying for insurance.

2. For those status seeking people, the same logic applies above to buying the high limit insurance, getting the sticker, then lowering the limits for "affordability."

3. People who don't have insurance typically aren't exactly ashamed of that fact.

4. Many people won't put the sticker on their car, some will. You'd have to pass a law requiring the sticker, which would just make it a PITA for the law abiding and accomplish nothing else.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61406 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:57 am to
Oh, I cant wait to dodge all the people just swooping and squatting because I have the "I have lots of insurance" sticker
Posted by 6R12
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2005
11900 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 8:59 am to
NO COLORS.......... Ray-sisssss
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25781 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 9:12 am to
Except there's trashy individuals out there without insurance will go get a policy (and get a sticker that shows they're covered for 6 or 12 months) just so they can get a vehicle registration, renew a drivers license, or get a brake tag....then let the insurance lapse when they don't pay the bill the following month.
Posted by HECM62
NOLA
Member since May 2016
542 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 9:14 am to
100% agree. Then when you make it a law, the state will charge a $20 inspection fee each year to validate the sticker. I got an inspection sticker 2 weeks ago: blow horn, windshield wipers, left signal, right signal, brake lights--$25. Absolute waste of time and money.
Posted by MoarKilometers
Member since Apr 2015
21117 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 9:20 am to
quote:

Except there's trashy individuals out there without insurance will go get a policy (and get a sticker that shows they're covered for 6 or 12 months) just so they can get a vehicle registration, renew a drivers license, or get a brake tag....then let the insurance lapse when they don't pay the bill the following month.

Don't hate on my new job of reclaiming invalid insurance stickers. I didn't graduate high school and make 6 figures baw.
Posted by MojoGuyPan
Intercession City, Florida
Member since Jun 2018
2797 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 10:26 am to
quote:

I was thinking, maybe when you get insurance every six months they send you a vehicle sticker with a color code.

Green for full coverage
Yellow for high liability
Red for minimum coverage.


People should also have stickers similar to the marathon 26.2 decals but with their credit scores too, right?

Instead of Napoleon you should named yourself Hitler wanting to have everyone's papers on display. LA really is Trump country.
Posted by YouAre8Up
in a house
Member since Mar 2011
12792 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 10:29 am to
It already exist. It's called an inspection sticker
Posted by cable
Member since Oct 2018
9735 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 10:30 am to
Why should anyone else care if I carry compressive and no-fault?
Posted by FieldEngineer
Member since Jan 2015
2963 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 10:43 am to
Makes the green sticker folks a target for scammers. No thanks.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 3/5/20 at 10:49 am to
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No. We don't need anymore reasons for the police to spend all shift playing with stickers.



Exactly. Like Ponch and John don't already have enough reasons to harass Americans as it is.

What happened to Live Free Or Die?
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