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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:49:43 -0600, Canuck57
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Why not require insurance? Seriously?

Every state does
http://personalinsure.about.com/cs/v...utominimum.htm

Most do not really have enough to deal with what the lawyers would
like but you have to have something.
BTW they have allowed lawyers to recover more from an insurance
company than the policy covers.

And so you fine the uninsured. They have no money to pay the fine. Friend
was in court a while back and told of some lady with maybe her 4th ticket
and the judge is asking how much she can pay a month. I think he said they
agreed on $25 and he lowered the ticket from a couple hundred to maybe $75.
Going to send them to jail? No rooms available. Plus high costs. Take the
car? No problem, they go get another $50 beater. There was a story in the
paper a while back about people who have a beater car for parking in the
city. It gets towed for too many tickets, and they buy back the car at the
police auction for less than 2 parking tickets.