Three cheers for my hometown!
Wish we'd do that in NM. Uninsured drivers are second on my vehicular hate list after DWI.
That's right. Uh-huh. :-)
been fortunate so far.
Knocks on Wood.
When we get our first lady president, instantly, no more reported problems with our borders. Just two years away :-)
When you catch'em driving without insurance, chain'em to garbage truck until they have earned a years insurance, apply it and let them go.
Cry me a freakin' river.
"No me gusta" either Ida, but you know what?
It's a law. Have insurance, or don't drive!
Sounds pretty simple to me.... either pay for insurance (which is the law) or don't drive!
I've been hit twice by uninsured drivers. I would love a "tow now" policy.
I was rearend ended byan uninsured motorist once. No insurance and no habla englis.
SPEAK ENGLISH!!!
California won't register the car unless it's insured. Unfortunately, people have figured out that they just have to get a policy, make one monthly payment to get them past the registration date, then cancel the policy. Looks like they should institute a towing policy as well.
Man this is racism pure and simple forcing these poor mexicans to get insurance to drive. Hell, next you republicans will force them to pay for their own healthcare food and booze.
"In some cases, Hunter explained, uninsured motorists whose cars are impounded simply buy another used vehicle."
That really ought to merit arrest, not just confiscation of the 2nd car.
In Tennessee they wrote the uninsured motorist law such that your insurance company pays the claim and then goes after the uninsured and hounds them to death till they come up with the bucks. The choice is pay or move where they can't find you to collect the judgement.
It works. The woman who hit my wife called months laterand cussed her out for ruining he life. My wife told her it was the insurer not her that took her to court and got the judgement and the garnishment.
That's before we even get to tickets and fines.
Me!!!!
</ raises hand >
Here in NC you cannot register your car without proof of insurance. You also pay a fine for letting it lapse. And you pay a really big fine of your caught driving uninsured.
I carry additional insurance to protect me from these lowlifes. If you can't afford it, use public transpo.
I post this every so often when the message seems relevant, sort of as a memorial to Mom, as well as to let people know what the justice system is really like.
December 5th, 2001, my mother, Shirley Norkunas, was killed in a car wreck. She was on her way to a Dr.'s appointment. The roads and weather were clear, it was about 9 in the morning, the place was just south of Superior, WI on State Hwy 35. She was driving north toward Superior.
A fellow named Thomas Frankot was heading south that morning, driving on a suspended license. He apparently fell asleep, crossed into my mother's lane, she was killed instantly in the resulting crash.
Thomas Frankot lived. He is essentially judgement proof, with very few assets.
He, after much wrangling, finally pled guilty in September 2002 to driving after suspension and driving left of center.
Previous relevant citations (there are half a dozen or so others). You can find them at the following website-
http://wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl
DWI
DWI/OAS (Operation After Suspension)
OAS
No Valid License
OAR (Operation after Revocation)
OAR
That was six offenses BEFORE he killed Mom, so you know he was really in trouble this time.
Was he ever.
He was fined $363, license suspended for six months, and given sixty days to pay.
That's not even the funny part.
He has not paid the fine for driving with a suspended license, even though over four years, much less the sixty days have lapsed.
I asked the clerk of courts what happens when the fines aren't paid.
They suspend his license.
Now, that's justice for ya.
This is an outstanding policy. I've been hit 3 times by uninsured drivers (in TN). The last time, my insurance company paid up and went after the deadbeat. He really was a deadbeat - had nothing, so the insurance company couldn't recover. Guess what? Right, my rates went up the next year.
I say tow the car immediately if they have no insurance. Put it in the system against their driver's license. If they get caught a second time, revoke their driver's license.