Originally Posted by
Auto Enthusiast
For future reference, a lot of rental cars do not have insurance and registration papers in the glove box. If you get pulled over, the rental agreement serves as your legal right to use the car.
Its not a good idea to dish our legal advice on a forum.
I can tell you first hand, that this is not true in New York. New York requires motorists to carry a MV-20 form in their car, or on their person. This is the only acceptable insurance to a police officer. I've been pulled over now 3 times in an AVIS rental, and two out of the three times, I did not have an MV-20 in the glove box, and was ticketed for driving without insurance.
I later had AVIS give me the MV-20 form, and got the charges reduced, but nonetheless, I was ticketed for it.
In any case... Best to leave the legal speculation to a minimum here.