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by factsarelolz 1352 days ago
Sorry I forgot to mention the insurance part and I can no longer edit my post.

When I looked at the insurance and took a picture the policy dates were valid.

When I attempted to call the insurance company the policy was started then canceled due to lack of payment so he probably only made the first payment.

Lesson learned is to call to verify on the spot. Never thought of it. The police just look at my slip of paper from the glovebox.

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> The police just look at my slip of paper from the glovebox.

They already know if you have insurance typically. Their in-car computers can typically reference insurance accounts (or at least in my technologically backwards state they can).

I still get asked for it…
Because it's an easy thing to ticket if you don't have proof of insurance (even if you do have insurance).
While that’s true, it absolutely sucks that you have to do this much background research for a service like this.