Also, in Georgia, automobile insurance providers are required to immediately notify DMV when a car is insured or the insurance is cancelled. Most states require you to carry proof of insurance in your vehicle, but in Georgia, because of the notification requirement, the officer can see whether or not the car is insured just by running the plate number. I just called my agent around 8:45 to reinstate the insurance and then called my county DMV to see if they showed insurance. They do.
Before the invent and utilization of plate readers and the required reporting to the DMV, one of my brothers would insure his car long enough to get an insurance card, then he would cancel it. Most of the time he drove his car for the full year, having only paid 1 or 2 months minimum insurance premium.