Pontiac Auto Insurance (MI)

Pontiac, Michigan is a city of around 66,000 spread about an area of about 20 square miles. It is the seat of Oakland County and is considered a satellite city of Detroit. Pontiac is best-known for being the home to General Motors’ manufacturing plant, particularly the now-defunct Pontiac brand, which was a division of GM from 1926 to 2010.

The city’s main roads are Michigan 59, US Highway 24 (Oakland Avenue), and Interstate 75 (Chrysler Freeway). Compared to the rest of the state Pontiac’s annual fatal accident count is typically higher. Public transportation is provided by the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT), which connects with Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) for service to the suburbs.

With a humid continental climate, Pontiac has hot summers, cold winters, moderate humidity and violent thunderstorms. Snowfall can be low to moderate but blizzards are known to affect the area. During late spring and early summer, the region can see violent thunderstorms with severe thunder and lightning storms, torrential rain, hail, and an occasional but rare tornado.