Firstly, you cannot insure a vehicle that you do not own. Secondly, with the insurance lapsed there is no coverage anyway. I would expect that the other party who you hit will sue both the owner and the driver of the vehicle as both have a degree of liability.
You are responsible for your own medical bills.
No. You are not covered in a lapse period. A period of lapse in coverage means " No Coverage ".
If you are guilty or are found guilty of causing the crash, your lapse of insurance will go against you. You solely will be responsible for any costs, court costs, fines, etc. And do reinstate your insurance!
Yes, It happens all the time. You just need to purchase another policy. If the old insurer will not insure you again then just call around to some other companies.
A lapse in your auto insurance is a time period for which you had or have no coverage. Either your policy expired and was not renewed on schedule meaning you missed your renewal payment or you missed a monthly payment and the policy was cancelled.
Yes, the person is an adult and if the accident was his fault is responsible regardless of the status of the insurance coverage.
Keep making payments on a car you don't have and learn your lesson about not letting your insurance lapse.
There is no grace period for claims after a lapse in coverage. The moment your auto insurance "lapses" is the moment you have "No Coverage" from that moment forward you have no coverage for a claim until you get coverage again.
No.
When you don't pay your monthly premium or you don't renew.
(lapse - a discontinuity, a temporary fall to a lower condition, or a general reduction)Example:I experienced a lapse in concentration and did badly on the test.When he lost his bill, he nearly allowed his insurance policy to lapse.The fall of Rome led much of Europe to lapse into feudalism.The entire construction period was recorded using time-lapse photography.
AnswerCan they? Yes. Should they? No.