Database on auto coverage delayed
Accuracy is priority before state crackdown on uninsured drivers
Allen Hunt
6/18/2007

AUSTIN – Two years ago, lawmakers ordered up a system to crack down on the 3 million-plus Texans who drive illegally without insurance. They're still waiting, and insured motorists are still paying big bucks to insure themselves against the scofflaws.

Although a contractor has been selected to operate the new auto insurance verification program, officials said the database needs more fine-tuning and now won't be launched until early 2008 – more than a year after it was supposed to begin helping nab motorists with no insurance.

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