Posted on 09/09/2007 11:37:38 AM PDT by dennisw
The law targets “illegals”?
I think the law targets people who break the law. My sister who lives in the S/W has been hit 3 times. In all three cases the driver was not insured and disappeared so the repairs came from her policy.
Somebody wants to loan their car to a family member, better ask to see their license.
Great idea. Should be adopted nationwide. No license? No papeles? No coche.
A nationwide policy that could save American lives. How long before the ACLU gets involved????
Awww. Well then go home! I suppose we just need to suspend all our laws so the illegals won't be inconvenienced.
Impacted? Oh, for a second I thought it said illegals were COMPACTED....
So what in blazes are they (illegals) doing driving a car? If I get in an accident with one of them and I'm not at fault, why should I or my insurance company have to pay? I think Athens has the right idea.
-Traveler
That’s a start. Communities are taking charge of the situation if the federal government fails to act. Illegals cause a great percentage of the accidents and and are not insured for the most part. Get em off the streets. I imagine that car loan firms will foreclose on these cars and we’ll have another lending crisis like the mortgage lender crisis for those lenders who sold mortgages to illegals. It’s only getting worse. Close the friggen border already.
I believe this is Decatur, Alabama. And Athens, Alabama.
‘Kinda curious if we have this type of ordinance here in OKC. I’ll have to look into that.
If we do have it, it doesn’t seem like it’s enforced. We’re having a rash of wrecks involving uninsured motorists, and worse yet, leaving-the-scene incidents.
And this line from the piece really gets me...
“Despite the successful numbers in Athens’ ordinance, critics maintain the new law unfairly targets illegal immigrants, who do not have the ability to obtain a driver license or insurance.”
Well, waaah! In fact they do have the ability to get a license and insurance. It’s a priveledge (not a right) available to those who will follow the stinkin’ laws.
Laws do tend to target ILLEGAL activities. Driving without a license is ILLEGAL. ILLEGAL immigrants can’t get a valid license. ILLEGALS driving unlicensed and uninsured harm LEGAL residents so taking away something of value is punishment. End of story.
Has the world gone completely nuts?
critics maintain the new law unfairly targets illegal immigrants, who do not have the ability to obtain a driver license or insurance
If I drive without a license or insurance, my car is also subject to seizure. The law applies to all people.
Explain to me, then, why some of us SHOULD have to have insurance. It is a financial hardship on everyone, because there is always another way to spend $1500! But ‘it is a hardship’ on illegals? I thought we were a country of ‘equal under the law.’
hmmm.
Great point, Ron. It’s not unfair in the least (unless one wants special treatment).
“The law targets “illegals”?”
Good on Athens. The law doesn’t target illegals but if it gets some of those goons off the road, i’ll take that as a positive. Unlicensed drivers are more dangerous than licensed drivers. Driving is a privilege and those who don’t abide by the rules don’t deserve to own a 3000 lb weapon.
Damn right, and it should be a nation wide law, if we just had some political leadership.
spend $1,500???????
I can tell you don’t have two teenage drivers living at home.
:-)
What about all those annoying laws that target legal citizens? Can I disobey them if I find them inconvenient or burdensome? Paying income tax comes to mind. I’m sure with a little effort we could think of more laws that unfairly target those of us who are here legally.
Odd. Legal immigrants don't have that problem.
Oh yeah, I hear that it's absolutely impossible to get a drivers license anywhere in Mexico. Or insurance...Or tags... All those plates I see out my way with Sonora and Chihuahua stamped on 'em must be fakes.
Oooh! Maybe...just maybe...they're here LEGALLY!
Nah. I think I'm just seein' things.
They could surely get a driver's license and insurance back in their home countries. Maybe the problem is that they are not where they are supposed to be, not our laws.
I have lived overseas in countries where I could not obtain a driver's license. And you know what? I didn't drive!
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