Buy SR22 Insurance

Reader’s Question:

My father has been advised to buy SR22 insurance and he had been asking me what is SR22 all about, but I myself does not actually know what is it though I have heard about it a lot of times from my friends here in California, Why does a driver in California have to buy SR22 Insurance?

Jed

Bakersfield, CA

You need to buy SR22 Insurance if you been violating numerous traffic violations or had been caught driving without car insurance and had your driver’s license suspended. This type of insurance is like the state’s watchdog for it keeps you a closer eye and make sure that you are keeping the state’s required minimum coverage. Certain individuals are required to carry this kind of insurance like for those who were convicted of DUI they need to have SR22 for a period of time. Aside from DUI, a person is also required to carry this kind of insurance if a driver has filled his or her record with different traffic violations and his or her driver’s licensed is suspended and need to buy SR22 insurance for the driver’s licensed be reinstated.

SR22 is different from other ordinary type insurance coverage for the insurance company must report to the license bureau if there was a lapse in coverage. This only mean that when you buy SR22 insurance you need to continue it for if you have cancelled it, your insurance company will notify the license bureau and your driver’s license will be suspended again until you continue SR22 insurance. A California driver needs to buy SR22 insurance so that the driver will still be allowed to drive in case of violations or accidents or in other cases, can get car insurance.

Tags: car insurance, DUI, SR22 insurance