An editorial in The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register urges state lawmakers to reexamine the minimum requirements for vehicle insurance coverage:
“…Reasonable people do not like the idea of pricing insurance out of the reach of low-income West Virginians, of course. But adequate insurance, like car payments and gasoline prices, needs to be considered as part of the cost of operating a vehicle. If lawmakers determine the current minimum requirements are unrealistically low and are forcing most West Virginians to subsidize those with such coverage, the limits should be increased…”