Legislative actions in most states have proven to be not that effective when it comes to decreasing the number of uninsured motorists. It was only until the first two months of 2010 that movements to promote the public safety while on the road have been more precisely executed and real positive results started to be more evident.
The efforts by the mentioned states led to positive results. A recent study made by Insurance Research Council showed that the percentage of uninsured drivers in the US went down from 14.9% to 13.5%. The Council takes into account the number of insurance claims filed and uses the ratio of the claims filed by civilians who were injured by insured motorists and the number of claims from individuals injured by uninsured drivers.