The Tennessee General Assembly was forced to pass a bill last week to enforce a law.
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Even before last week, automobile insurance was required for every driver in the state. But, according to a 2014 study by the Insurance Research Council cited by legislative staff, about one-fifth of drivers in the state don’t have it.
Chances are, you’ve probably been hit by one of them — and you or your insurance company had to pay for repairs to your car.
Now the fix is in, a fix that would put in place a system in which insurance would be verified with annual tag renewal, and some people don’t like it.