Plan to Get Unsafe Drivers Off the Road Backed by ACIC
The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) supports legislation introduced by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) to keep unsafe drivers off the road while also resulting in improved fairness of the auto insurance system in the state. The support of the ACIC was announced by ACIC’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jeff Fuller.
The legislation if passed would prohibit drivers convicted of hit-and-run, reckless driving and driving under the influence violations from masking those infractions on their Department of Motor Vehicles record.
The bill was already approved by the Assembly, and is pending in the Senate Public Safety Committee, scheduled to be heard June 26.
Fuller explained that under the negligent operator program, the DMV can suspend or revoke a person’s driver’s license for an excessive accumulation of traffic violator points – and take bad drivers off our roads. But, the effectiveness of this program is hampered when violators complete traffic safety schools and mask their tickets.
“Common sense dictates that hit-and-run, reckless driving and driving under the influence violations should qualify as violations under the negligent operator program, and not be hidden – or masked – from the DMV,” said Fuller.
The bill, he added, would also result in fairer auto insurance rates for California drivers. Under existing Proposition 103, auto carriers are required to establish a person’s insurance rates primarily by looking at his or her driving record. In addition, proposition requires insurers to give Good Driver Discounts to drivers who have no more than one traffic violation point during the previous three years.
Published on June 18, 2007
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