In Texas, 20% of the vehicles on the road are without basic liability insurance. That's 1 in 5. Not very good odds.
Beginning in June of 2008, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles implemented a new program aimed at bringing down the number of people driving without insurance. The program is called TexasSure and was created by Senate Bill 1670 during the 79th Texas Legislature. The program was initially only available to all county Tax Assessors to check whether you have insurance when renewing your vehicle registration. In October of 2008, the program became available to law enforcement officials.