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To: SauronOfMordor
And it would be even easier. Just go down the street with a hand-held pc containing the license #'s of all cars with insurance, and tow all cars that are not on the list.

Sorry, bad idea.

It's not illegal to have no insurance on a parked car -- parked cars don't hit anyone. It's only illegal to take it for a *drive* without insurance.

If you have to let your insurance lapse until you can come up with enough money, there's nothing wrong with just letting your car sit in a parking space until you do.

98 posted on 08/23/2003 3:35:06 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: Ichneumon
All vehicles registered in the state of California are required to be insured at all times. Therefore an uninsured vehicle parked on a public street could be subject to impoundment, this according to the Los Angeles Police Department -- (877) 275-5273
102 posted on 08/23/2003 3:52:05 PM PDT by Tancredo Fan (Stop the invasion. Put the military on the borders, round up illegals, and tell Fox to shove off.)
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To: Ichneumon
If you have to let your insurance lapse until you can come up with enough money, there's nothing wrong with just letting your car sit in a parking space until you do.

Depends on where it's parked. If it's in your driveway, a private garage, or otherwise on private property, then you are correct that you don't need for it to be insured, registered, or have a license plate on it.

Depending on the town, parking on a public street may be a different story. In Pennsylvania, for example, it is illegal to park an uninsured vehicle on a public road, so a parking enforcement agent COULD go down the row of cars on the street and have towed any which showed up as uninsured. The most likely reason for not doing that here iis that the two cities with the major problem with uninsured motorists are Democrat strongholds, and the uninsured motorists are mostly Dems.

112 posted on 08/23/2003 7:06:30 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Java/C++/Unix/Web Developer === needs a job at the moment)
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