Posted on 07/02/2009 6:23:39 PM PDT by optiguy
Red light cameras now check for insurance, too
Drive without insurance? Then you'd better stay out of Ohio, where the state is considering a program that uses red-light cameras and insurance company databases to check passing traffic for uninsured motorists. The system would use license plate numbers to verify driver insurance. According to the Columbus Dispatch, officials in Chicago, who are considering the same system, from InsureNet of Novi, Michigan, think that such a program could generate $200 million in additional revenue for the Windy City.
When the system identifies an uninsured motorist, the driver would be sent a letter instructing him to take care of the problem. If he doesn't, a fine will soon follow. In Ohio, that fine is $125 for a first offense, $300 for a second and $550 for a third.
The system is already being provided to law enforcement, free of charge, so even those uninsured drivers who managed to dodge the cameras can be busted if they catch the attention of a local gendarme. The system can also provide them lien reports in real time.
I'm all for requiring drivers to carry insurance, but I'm not pleased by the prospect of insurance company databases being opened for InsureNet's searches. I can see how this would be a good deal for the insurance companies, because it will drive business their way. For the general public, however, this feels like another step toward a Big Brother future.
everyday we get closer to 1984
Are you an insurrectionist?
Wire up all the home burglers so they can access the data base and then they’ll avoid heavily armed compounds.
great! i am tired of half the cars on the road with no insurance.
I see nothing wrong with this. I just wish anyone who was caught driving without the legally required insurance would have their car booted in addition to being subject to fines.
if you take everything into account it is much more like Clockwork Orange. I’d say in another 10 or 15 years it will be exactly like Clockwork Orange.......
Liberals... they always talk about how conservatives restrict freedom. Here, Ohio’s Democrat governor wants to restrict freedom. Not only that, this is what amounts to a regressive tax, something liberals say they hate. If one doesn’t have insurance, the chances are excellent that the individual is not doing well financially. So, what do they do? Take from the offender what he or she doesn’t have, money!
The road is uninsured?
(lol)
“great! i am tired of half the cars on the road with no insurance.”
What else don’t you like that you want to see big brother take care of?
Mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money.
Bet they won’t check to see if you’re in the country legally.
Imagine, me, the biggest complainer against dangling modifiers making a big one like that.....Glad you pointed it out.....
It is the law in most states that you must have liability insurance on your car. If you are stopped for a traffic violation a cop will ask for your insurance information and if you lack insurance you will be subject to penalty. If you are caught breaking the law in public why should you not be prosecuted for it?
Besides, the more uninsured drivers there are out there the more our insurance rates go up.
In favor of an organized opposition to our non-constitutional forms of government? Yep.
“Liberals... they always talk about how conservatives restrict freedom. Here, Ohio’s Democrat governor wants to restrict freedom. Not only that, this is what amounts to a regressive tax, something liberals say they hate. If one doesn’t have insurance, the chances are excellent that the individual is not doing well financially. So, what do they do? Take from the offender what he or she doesn’t have, money!”
If they can’t afford the minimum insurance required by law, can they afford to be driving in the first place?... would you be OK with an under insured asset-less driver causing you injury and loss that you couldn’t recover? would you simply say “they can’t afford to compensate me, but that’s ok, let then continue driving regardless”?
Driving is not a right, in fact it’s not even a necessity much of the time.
Maybe they can check to see if anyone’s modifier is dangling.
They’ve quietly started doing this in Silicon Valley, checking for expired tags and even if you’re using a year sticker from somebody else’s car.
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