I was driving back from finally taking the Graduate Record exam and during an uncharacteristically empty stretch of highway after the sun went down, a vehicle stayed behind me in the slow lane, so I changed lanes to let them pass.
That got me a lecture from the highway patrol.
They cited me for not having a current proof of insurance. I need to set a reminder. I had not realized it was out-of-date. I handed him my last card and he said he could not use it.
Another officer here in Arizona told me he could use my old card. Yet another time, while I was looking for my card, the officer asked who my provider was, and then said he believed me.
Was he allowed to believe me?! Wasn't that against regulation?!
Arguably, I am doing something wrong, being stopped three times in four months on the same stretch of the I-40, but this officer said that as long as I can show I am currently insured, they should dismiss the charges.
This page says they will, which is good, because it is a $950 fine:
http://courts.yavapai.us/Portals/5/F...e-Schedule.pdf
Keep your insurance documents updated, people!