BURIEN, Wash. — Carlos Hernandez packed up his family and left Arizona after the state passed its sweeping immigration crackdown. The illegal immigrant's new home outside Seattle offered something Arizona could not: a driver's license.
Three states — Washington, New Mexico and Utah — allow illegal immigrants to get licenses because their laws do not require proof of citizenship or legal residency. An Associated Press analysis found that those states have seen a surge in immigrants seeking IDs in recent months, a trend experts attribute to crackdowns on illegal immigration in Arizona and elsewhere.
"It's difficult being undocumented and not having an identification," said Hernandez, of Puebla, Mexico. "You can use the Mexican ID, but people look down on it." An American driver's license is also a requirement for many jobs.
The immigration debate has thrown a spotlight on the license programs, which supporters say make financial sense because unlicensed drivers typically do not carry car insurance. Opponents insist the laws attract illegal immigrants and criminals.
New Drivers Car Insurance Can Be A Little On The Expensive Side ...
New driver’s car insurance is normally a lot higher then driver’s that are not seen as being new behind the wheel. Many insurance companies view new drivers as inexperienced, therefore they see them as a bigger risk of getting into a car accident then drivers that have been on the road for an elongated period of time.
Most of the time the new drivers are regularly teenagers, that are just anxious to drive. There are things that you can do to allow your new driver the opportunity to drive while insured but to also save you money on the higher premium that you will be expected to pay.
The first thing is to send your teen to a driver’s education course. Normally the courses are very short and they actually show that your new driver has some behind the wheel experience. Insurance companies simply adore students that are taking the initiative to enroll in drivers education, therefore they give a pretty decent discount for people that have opted to take the program.
If the new driver in your home is a student that is still attending any source of school that can qualify them for a discount as well. Student discounts are normally done depending on the grade point average of the student. Normally the minimum grade point average is a 3. 0, so it helps to listen and do well in school after all.
If you are the parent of a new driver and already have an insurance policy you should ask about any multi car savings that you can get from adding your new driver onto your policy. The greater amount of discounts that you can take advantage of the less your yearly premium will be.
The truth is that regardless of how many discounts you can get new drivers car insurance is always going to be more. The longer your new driver drives and ensures that they are driving responsibly the more discounts that you can receive on your policy.
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