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Oregon Car Insurance Requirements, And How Much Coverage You REALLY Need

By Cliff Berman You have to make a lot of decisions in a day, and the prospect of having to make one more can seem like the last straw. Unfortunately, your car insurance isn't as incidental as, say, what you're going to have for dinner! You have to have car insurance, and it has to be sufficient to meet both Oregon car insurance requirements and your own personal insurance needs. The question is, how low can you go? Oregon Car Insurance Requirements When it comes to car insurance requirements, Oregon is one of the most inflexible states in the continental 50. If you're busted driving the Oregon highways without insurance, even if you're driving on a light vehicle trip permit, you're going to be paying the consequences for years in the form of SR-22 compliance, fines and, in some cases, a complete suspension of your driving privileges. Local law enforcement may even decide to "relocate" your vehicle. Needless to say, whatever they do it's not going to b...