The Department initiated steps to increase the efficiency of its Uninsured Motorist Program. Currently, because the Department's records are not up-to-date, consumers who are insured may receive noncompliance notices. It will be important that the Legislature monitor the Department's efforts to improve its database.
However, proposed changes to the law that decreased the insurance companies' time to notify the Department of policy changes did not pass during the 1997 Legislative Session.

Department Has Taken Steps to Improve the Detection of Uninsured Motorists
Report 04-52 August 2004
Progress Report: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Addresses Most Driver License Recommendations
Report 02-52 October 2002
Progress Report: Legislature Ends Vehicle License Plate Seizure Pilot Program Due to Error Rate, Driver Inconvenience
Report 02-35 June 2002
License Plate Seizure Program's Error Rate Still High; Program Should Be Abolished
Report 00-25 December 2000

Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.