Residents of Daviess County, Kentucky, will find shorter lines at the county clerk's office when they show up to renew their license plates after September 1st. Why? Because beginning when the office opens after Labor Day, anyone who comes in without their current insurance card will be turned away.

Presenting proof of insurance when you renew plates has been required by law in Kentucky for fourteen years now, but according to Daviess County Clerk David Osborne, people still forget to bring their cards, and it's not just a couple of people a day, he says, explaining, "We'll get 40 to 50 people coming in here without insurance cards," Osborne said.

Until now, people have been allowed to call their insurance agent and have the required information faxed over while they wait in line, something that Osborne says is escalating into chaos. "It's just gotten worse and worse. Other people are waiting in line. They're holding up the whole process.

"We're waiting on faxes, and it's just gotten out of hand," he added.

Which is why, effective September 1st, anyone who comes in without their insurance card will simply be turned away, instead of having it faxed to the clerk's office.

As with most states, insurance companies in Kentucky provide customers with two copies of their insurance card, so having one on their person when they come in for plate renewal shouldn't be a major problem.

After all, as Osborne points out about the proof of insurance, "You're also required to have it in your car."