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What should happen is that if the owner of that car cannot pay for damages, his car and his right to drive are taken away for whatever would be an appropriate amount of time. The car or what it is worth should be given to the victim.
One thing I do know, our lives would be much simpler, productive, and happy without the government mandating things that belong to the choice of the individual.
If the founder’s of this country were alive today, they certainly would not be in favor of this type of nanny-statism.
Just what I want...2 wrecked cars. And the one you want to give me doesn’t have any insurance.
“Or what it is worth...” And just who is going to pay that to me? The indigent jerk??
Forcing someone to restore my property is not nanny-statism.
Property rights are actually part of the basic rights: Life, Liberty, and right to own property.
Few uninsured drivers have cars worth more than a couple thousand dollars.
Damage from an accident, however, can run in the tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands.
Allowing people who are uninsured to drive puts everyone else at risk and drives up the cost of uninsured motorist coverage.
Why should I pay more for my insurance just so Joe Sixpack can have the "freedom" to drive without insurance?