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Chicago Street Lights May Scan for Car Insurance
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08/01/09
03/18/09
I'm not advocating that anyone go shoot these out, but it would be pretty cool if they just ended up with holes in 'em.
03/18/09
03/18/09
03/18/09
Sorry, screwed that up.
03/18/09
Notice they are not putting in place any new laws. They are just devising a way to enforce the law by observing public places. It was already illegal, and has been for some time. You just might actually get in trouble for it now. Either you agree that people must be ensured or not. If you don't, fight the law, not the enforcement of it. If you do, how can you have a problem with enforcement fo the law?
03/18/09
I can support the law and contest the punishment - taking money from people isn't conducive to them being able to afford things like insurance.
So which is it, do you want all motorists insured (full compliance) or do you want all motorists scrutinized and fined (full enforcement)?
If everyone got caught for every law they broke, the vast majority of our population would be in jail or in debt to the government for life.
03/18/09
I think thats the long term goal.
03/18/09
sure seems that way.
03/18/09
03/18/09
so ok, lets say you have insurance, you get your plates, and then you cancel the insurance. Do they send someone around to take your plates back??
03/18/09
03/18/09
they do that here 'cept they just won't give you a registration sticker, which will get you pulled over.
03/18/09
Attn Government - SENDING PEOPLE $400 FINES DOESN'T HELP THEM GET INSURANCE.
Buy fucking insurance policies for the drivers and send them the bill.
I'm a firm believer that cops ought to carry a full range of head lights and tail lights, and that if they catch you with one out they ought to replace your light and send you a bill. What's the goal here? To ensure safety and compliance or to line the public coffers with the money of those too poor to fucking afford insurance in the first place, making it that much harder to get insurance.
03/18/09
03/18/09
"I like the way you think."
You mean the whole, 'finding mutually beneficial solutions instead of arbitrarily punishing people by robbing them' thing?
It runs in the family.
03/18/09
That works until you pull over a Cadillac....
Try changing the headlight bulbs on that!!
Thanks GM!
03/18/09
And yes, some of these rules are meant to increase city revenue. Cities are not costless to operate.
03/18/09
Whoops, sorry, I forgot that America still makes cars.
03/18/09
03/18/09
assface - to protect and serve. that's their job. part of their job (in theory) is helping people change out flat tires.
03/18/09
(I'm sorry, we don't recognize Smithville Family Insurance. Pay up)
I am never driving in the city limits again. Metra, here I come.
03/18/09
03/18/09
I was wondering where my taxes where going.
03/18/09
03/18/09
If they want to check, then pull me over for a valid reason.
In the mean time, the police can go protect and serve instead of intimidate and violate.
03/18/09
03/18/09
1400 Lubbock sounds like a great spot for entrapment
03/18/09
03/18/09
"I am all for getting the uninsured off the road"
Are you kidding? the uninsured are the most careful drivers out there!
03/18/09
I hope you meant that as sarcasm. In the first three years of living in the Seattle area my brother, wife, and I were all hit by uninsured motorists (separate incidents) and all three of us were in the hospital.
If that is the most careful drivers out there, then there must not be any other drivers.
03/18/09
03/18/09
When you can hold your own people accountable for every action they do, then you can start holding me in the same light. Until then... fuck off.
03/18/09
Amen!!!!!!!
03/18/09
03/18/09
Not perfect - accountable. Don't twist words.
03/18/09
03/18/09
And here in Houston......MAN! We are not gonna talk about all the cops/constables/dep. sheriffs/State Troopers who bait you and try to pop you, or the ones who have been DRUNK behind the wheel and KILLED citizens to have the department try to cover it up and accuse a legal citizen of being an illegal because of his heritage
03/18/09
03/18/09