Posted on 02/28/2006 2:01:08 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
Then Ms Rodriguez should go back to Mexico and ride a burro or either have used birth control. I don't give a damn how hard it is for her. I give a damn about people not driving without insurance.
Over 60% of our population is Mexican-American.
We are a tex-mex culture.
Here in Florida the insurance industry is in on it. If you get late with your payments on the insurance policy, at some point your will get the "standard notice" informing you that the insurance company is required by law to report the status of your liability insurance to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles.
This means that if a cop gets behind you and routinely runs a check on your tag (cops and ex-cops will tell you that this is done often, especially if business is slow...and even more so if you're getting bored) the first thing that comes back on the police radio is the fact that your insurance is canceled. You don't have to have a burned out taillight, etc. for probable cause for him to stop you. He can stop you on the insurance violation alone.
It's pretty well known that your days are numbered when your insurance gets canceled.
I get tired of that excuse, "It's just an old used car and the insurance costs more than it's worth".
Duh...liability isn't for your car, it's for what damage you might do to the other guy and his car.
A $100 car can do thousands of dollars damage. That's why you need the insurance. You're putting a bet on the table that you won't crash into any of us. You crash, you lose the bet.....at least, with the insurance, we know you can cover your bet.
Either that or at least they'll have to finally finish repairing the car that's up on blocks in their front yard so they will have a working vehicle.
Similar to when Clinton got into office, suddenly there were no more homeless people in the news.
hehe, the south does it right again.
When I lived in California the following swear-on-a-Bible true story happened:
My buddy's old Dad was on his way to the Bel-Air for groceries when he was rear-ended by presumed "undocumented migrants" . They were decent though, and got outta their car to make sure he wasn't dead. He was fine but the back end of his caddy was a little crumpled. Immediately the fellows plowed into their truck and took off.
No Insurance, probably no license either. They bolted.
Two days later, my Buddy's dad is fighting with the insurance folks and the police. (It seems nearly a third of the motorist in Sacramento drive without insurance and everyone just accepts this). Finally He's off on his way to get the cadillac looked at the car shop when he is AGAIN rear ended!
this time by a different bunch of "migrant workers". They no habla ingles, and didn't even stop to see if he was dead.
My buddy's dad was furious but just proceeded to the caddy shop with the @ss end of the car about 3 foot higher than it should be...hehe. It looked like a trick car. It still ran fine. The caddy no doubt saved his life twice!
The coup de grace comes when my friends dad finally gets his beloved 1989 Caddilac fixed....but then a month later the car is stolen from Arden Fair Mall parking lot!
He finally gave up and moved to Idaho before the year was out. Old guy just couldn't take California anymore. He has a new Cadillac.And hasn't been hit-and-runned yet....
Boy that's the truth! LOL!
No sympathy for uninsured motorists. Insurance is part of the cost of car ownership, just like maintenance or fuel.
LOL! They probably figured that anybody using the Alamo as an address in insure their vehicle probably wouldn't be driving much!
You can't register a car, buy licenses or get a car inspected in Texas without liability insurance.
I found an ad in the Del Rio phone book for an agency that offers "Affordable monthly rates".
State Farm bills me biannually.
The article makes it sound like all that Juan Carlos Rodriguez lacked was insurance. If your statement is correct, how did he get the car registered? Evidently the car was in someone else's name, so I wonder if it was some confederate who had insurance and Rodriguez was using him to get around the law.
I have an even better idea. Do all the above, and then SHIP THEM BACK TO MEXICO, without the car.
My car is 2 years old. I have full coverage on this and pay 60 a month with State farm. You know it's not going to be very expensive to insure and older care for liability.
In So Cal it costs about a grand to get your car out of impound, that and a 30 day wait.
It seems to work very well for:
the state (gets smoggers off the road)
the wetback (another used car costs about half that - if they make the payments)
the city (full employment)
But, oddly enough,
NOT the person who sold them the car and still has outstanding payments to collect...and no way to get the car out of impound short of full payment of fines and charges.
Works just fine for three out of four.
The car may not have been registered. Rodriguez may have bought insurance on a month to month basis and paid for one month.
WTF?
WHY should I pay extra, for extra coverage to protect me from the uninsured, or else use (nonexixtent) public transport"?
Let THEM stay off the road, and save the rest of what we are soaked for 'uninsured motorist' coverage---also mandatory in many places that "require" insurance.
But first, Rodriguez, 28, had to change the title since the car wasn't in his name. Then he purchased some insurance. By the time he'd bundled his family together, hitched a ride from his pastor and reclaimed his car, he'd spent at least $300.
Only $300? It cost me that much when I bought my last car to get taxes, tags, and everything else settled. My insurance is roughly $85 a month for my wife and I to drive our used Saturn. In four months, I could instead save up enough money to get my car out of the impound lot. Since I've only been pulled once in 11 years of driving (for having one headlight burned out), I think my odds would be pretty good.
And people wonder why I'm Conservative...
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