In brief: The Insurance Research Council estimates that 13.8% of drivers, or 1 in 7, are uninsured in America.
The full story
The IRC says that the number has climbed during the economic downturn.
"Over the last 20 years, uninsured motorists and the unemployment rate have tracked fairly closely," says David Corum, vice president of the Insurance Research Council, a non-profit supported by insurers.
According to the most recent numbers from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, those uninsured drivers cost the rest of the road's motorists $10.8 billion in accident coverages, deductibles, and insurance riders to cover them.
Summing up
Despite laws in every state except New Hampshire that require motorists to have insurance coverage, the rate of uninsured rises.
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