On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:30:03 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:35:26 -0800, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:58:03 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:34:45 -0800, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:51:06 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:28:31 -0800, "Califbill"
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"I_am_Tosk" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:11:11 -0500, I_am_Tosk
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Listen up... if you walk into a used car lot and buy a car with cash,
you just drive out. The salesperson isn't going to ask you about
insurance.

Listen up.. No matter how many times you say it, it isn't true, at least
not here in CT. Might be in Kaliforna, but only to accommodate illegals
and derelicts... But not in CT. Every car sale is recorded, cash or
otherwise, the Tax man wouldn't have it any other way.





As I suspected, California has online linkage between DMV and the
insurance company and a cop can check your insurance from his car.+
Five years ago.

http://dmv.ca.gov/vr/insurance_suspension.htm

Here are some things you need to know about recent vehicle liability
insurance changes:

* As of January 1, 2006, all insurance companies are required to
report insurance status information to DMV for all private use
vehicles (CVC §16058).
* As of July 1, 2006, law enforcement and court personnel have
access to DMV records to verify that your California registered
vehicle is currently insured (CVC §16058.1).
* Effective October 1, 2006, your vehicle registration is subject
to suspension if the liability insurance is canceled, OR if your
insurance company has not electronically provided evidence of
insurance when you purchase and register your vehicle, OR if you
provide DMV with false insurance information (CVC §4000.38).

That's a lot of homework for the Plum. I think as soon as she noted the
"cash" thing, we all knew she was talking out of her ass... again. In CT
like you said in Fla, when someone drops insurance, the authorities are
notified right away.


Reply:
Buying a car for cash from a private party you do not have to show
insurance. And the lack of insurance takes a while to kick in. I sold my
96 s10 and the person failed to register the car in a timely manner. We
file a document with the DMV when you sell a car that removes you from the
liability for the car. I got a letter months later about expired insurance.
But that is more a problem with the DMV and their crappy records system.


The buyer still has to come up with a tag and the insurance is tied to
that tag. I can't speak for everywhere but the wrong tag on a care
around here is a "felony stop". ( get out of the car, lay on the
ground, don't make any fast moves) The assumption is you are up to no
good, car theft at the minimum but you could be a drug courier or
driving a getaway car.

This all sounds like a paranoid fantasy to me. Most illegals are going
back and forth to work. They avoid doing stupid things and are just
regular people trying to get by. Sure, sometimes there are hardened
criminals doing dirty deeds. This has nothing to do with most people.


The people who had this happen to them at my wife's place were just
driving back and forth to work too.

This is just stupid.

Call the cops, tell them your insurance expired and you still have to
drive to work a few days until you can get it reinstated. Use your
cutest girl voice. Tell us what they say. I bet the words "arrest" and
"Impound your car" come up.

That's just dumb. Come on.


Don't answer until you make the call. Do it from a pay phone.

Don't worry. This has nothing at all to do with them towing a car for
no other reason that a possible lapse in insurance.