Smart Auto Insurance Blog

The state of West Virginia has made a change to their driver’s licensing laws as they relate to new drivers.

Effective July 10, 2009, young drivers in West Virginia who do not to enroll in driver ed will be required to drive for 50, rather than 30, supervised hours in the learner’s phase.

In addition, provisional license holders will be prohibited from driving between 10pm -5am (as opposed to 11pm -5 am).

Additionally, new drivers will not be permitted to have any passengers in their car for the first 6 months, and only 1 passenger for the next 6 months.

More information on West Virginia auto insurance.

According to insurance.com’s monthly Car Insurance Rate Watch Report, average car insurance rates in March decreased in 19 states (compared with February).   Rates were higher in 15 states on average and basically unchanged in 13 states.

The 5 states that enjoyed the largest rate decrease in March were:

1. Arizona
2. Virginia
3. New Hampshire
4. Texas
5. Georgia

The 5 states where average car insurance rates increased the most in March were:

1. South Dakota
2. Nebraska
3. Minnesota
4. Maine
5. West Virginia

In addition, insurance.com found that two-thirds of March auto insurance shoppers were seeking a new policy because their rate was too high, or they received their bill and the rate had gone up.