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Old 06-14-2011, 02:15 PM
 
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Hello all,

I currently don't have a car. However, I'd like to get a driving license so I could borrow a car from my friends every now and then.

However, it seems like I need so form of insurance to get the driving license. This is quite confusing to me as I do not own a car to insure. I guess I am supposed to get some form non-owner insurance, but I have no idea who offers that.

Moreover the information supplied by the DMV is very confusing. For example this website: https://edmv-lts.dot.state.nc.us/demo/lts/faq_text1.htm says that the penalty for lapse of liability insurance coverage is the loss of the license plate. Since I don't have any license plate to begin with I fail to understand why I should avoid a lapse of insurance.

One option to avoid this insurance mess would be to get a restricted license that only allows me to drive "fleet" cars. This license apparently does not require any insurance. Sadly I have no idea what the legal definition of a "fleet" vehicle is. For example I work for a small NPO that allows us to borrow its cars for personal uses. However the cars, although technically property of the NPO, are insured in the name of one of the director. Would that be classified as "fleet" cars?
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Old 06-14-2011, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Lansing, MI
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"Fleet" vehicle is a commercial fleet type vehicle. For example, when you see the "Orkin" guy driving in a vehicle identified as "Orkin," he is driving a fleet vehicle.

Yes, NC requires anyone holding a valid license to carry coverage despite not owning a vehicle. Your local insurance agent for Erie, Progressive, AAA, State Farm, Geico, etc could assist further with the coverage set up.
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Old 02-18-2013, 11:06 AM
 
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North Carolina is a state that is squarely in the pocket of business and the hell with the residents. Any car with insurance is covered no matter who the driver is. Yet the state forces you to give the insurance company a double dip opportunity. This is done by forcing you to buy insurance even though any insured car you drive already covers you to drive it. In virtually every state the car is insured, not the driver and there is no requirement for an individual to get insurance who does not own a car(so exactly what are you insuring). What is required in every other state, is that anyone (licensed) living at the address where the car is registered. Is required to be put on the insurance policy or sign a form declaring that they will not be driving the vehicle(s) in question. That makes sense and is fair.
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Old 02-19-2013, 01:35 AM
 
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If in a wreck while you are driving another person's car, their insurance goes up, and you're not covered. At least that happened to me 18 months ago. A friend borrowed my car, hit someone else, and even though he had insurance, it's my insurance that went up, and he was not able to make claims to his policy here in NC. The statue of limitations runs out soon, so hopefully, the other driver won't sue either myself or my friend.

If you're looking into driving for work, ask to be put on as a seperate policy of your director's insurance, or on the policy for the friend's car you'll be driving. Since it sounds as if it is in a personal name, I don't think you'll be able to do either, but it's worth a shot. Sit down and talk with the director and an insurance agent at the same time to see what you can do.

Easiest way would be to buy a junker from the junkyard, have it towed to your residence, and insure yourself and that car.

John R
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Old 05-31-2019, 05:09 PM
 
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The reason inexperienced operators do not want to be put on a person's insurance insurance policy is because the premium will be about double the first year. It has nothing to do with age, only experience. A 50 yr old person getting their operators license for the first time will pay the same as an 18 yr old in their first year. If you do not live in a house that has a vehicle insured, you can purchase liability insurance for non-owned auto. To say you are not going to drive so you shouldn't have to pay for insurance, is balony. If you are not going to drive you don't need a license!
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