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Show Suspended Licenses Hit High Mark in California A total of 81.004 drivers' licenses li-censes wore suspended during the first three years of the California Cali-fornia motor vehicle safety responsibility re-sponsibility law, which is similar to the new Utah law which becomes be-comes effective Sept. 1, reports Milt Sovy, local Farmers Insurance Insur-ance Group district agent. During this period a total of 917,103 accident reports were filed with the state of California and only 1)41,099 motorists were able to file an automobile liability lia-bility insurance policy as security se-curity and proof of financial responsibility re-sponsibility to avoid suspension of drivers' licenses. Another 8,5S7 deposited cash to avoid suspension suspen-sion of licenses. "Under the Utah law", said the Farmers Insurance agent, "a motorist who injures or kills another an-other person or damages property in excess of $100 must report the accident in writing to the Department De-partment of Public Safety and deposit an automobile liability policy, or a bond, or cash or cer- tain securities, as proof of his ability to satisfy any judgments that may result from the accident. acci-dent. Failure to make such report and to deposit security will result re-sult in suspension of his driver's license." |