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agentaudi007
12-06-2010, 06:06 PM
Get out before it's too late!

Long story short, I was parked at the gas pump (Shell super for my baby, no less) and I was rear ended by a driver from Camden who is "covered" with SAIP insurance (Specialty Auto Insurance Policy). This is basically a state run program that covers NOTHING! There is no liability or bodily injury coverage at all that would meet the minimum standard level of insurance required to drive legally but somehow it is legal.

From what I have read, it's often referred to as "dollar-a-day" and allows someone on medicaid to drive legally with no insurance. It only covers the ambulance trip to the hospital and the first hospital visit with a death benefit. I couldn't believe it myself. So now I'm SOL and will have to pay the deductible and inevitably higher premiums. Not much else that I found other than McGreevey is to thank for this entitlement enacted in 2003 and the number of drivers on this type of "insurance" is growing at an alarming rate. It's also causing the rates for everyone else who is covered to go higher as more people join.

Has anyone heard of this or had any experiences? I'm certainly going to write a letter to the state reps about getting this law reversed. It's simply ludicrous. Please share or better yet write to the state reps too! Thanks.

jsantiago17
12-06-2010, 06:22 PM
That's terrible! Not fair that you have to take the brunt when you are not at fault...

audikid66
12-08-2010, 09:55 AM
jersey sucks man thats rediculous

VR6Bomber
12-15-2010, 10:49 AM
Complaints regarding insurance should be filed with The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/consumer.htm)

GL

djpaw
01-05-2011, 08:23 AM
Does your 15 minute insurance cover my 90,000 dollar car ?

HaVoKTheJoker
01-05-2011, 10:29 PM
Wtf I'm from nj nd never heard of such

agentaudi007
01-07-2011, 03:12 PM
Complaints regarding insurance should be filed with The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/consumer.htm)

GL


I looked into this, however, this is for filing complaints against insurance companies. The insurance company isn't the problem. The law is the problem. Complaints need to be sent to the state legislature to get the law repealed.

When you file a claim on your insurance, the law treats the claim as if you are making an uninsured motorist claim. This means the law gives uninsured motorists the right to drive uninsured. The "insured" is still liable but that is meaningless because it is more trouble than it's worth to seek recourse from someone that is on medicaid to begin with. I realize that the existence of this law is because of the excessive number of uninsured drivers in NJ. The politicians try to solve this problem by playing political games. For ever driver that gets on this plan there is one less uninsured motorist in NJ. But this has caused uninsured motorist coverage costs to climb higher as more people join. NJ starts to appear safer, with less uninsureds on the road, at the expense of the rest of the people who have earned the privilege of driving. In attempt to solve one problem, another is exacerbated. So, in actuality, the state is worse off now than when it started...

BASARAB
01-07-2011, 03:59 PM
Never heard this crap even exists

PSU S4
01-08-2011, 09:45 PM
Best of luck to you, but no offense to the few honest Jersey drivers and Audi owners, But NJ brews up some really shitty laws and people that you never want to deal with or cross paths with. Best of luck to you agentaudi007

kristokes
01-08-2011, 11:31 PM
Thus, the reason for uninsured/underinsured coverage as part of your policy in NJ