DPS has scanners that read the Lic/Insp stickers on the windshield as you drive by them.
I did not know that.
I do know that the last time I went to HEB with my vehicle registration renewal, I brought in my proof of insurance as required.
Didn’t need it.
Seems that by now the insurance companies are live and online with TXDOT. If you don’t have insurance or if it lapsed - the State knows it. And if thats the case - no renewal sticker for you.
Convenient, right? But actually its just another intrustion by the State to know everything about you.