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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL)
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Subject: Re: Re: DWI Crackdowns
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Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 12:57:27 EDT
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> > What about revoking (through law) of the offender's license AND insurance?
> > True, it will then take another arrest to finally put them away (because
> > driving w/out a license and/or insurance is illegal), but would it be a
> > little more sane that confiscating the auto (what if it was stolen?) or 
> > forcing them to ride a motorcycle (absurd).
> > 
> > -Steve
> 
> Steve-
> 
> What if you or I were hit by an uninsured driver?
> We could tally huge medical bills with no means
> to pay for them. I think you can never confiscate
> someone's automobile liability insurance because
> others will often suffer the most.
> 
> -Todd 
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Unfortunately, here in Illinois it is NOT illegal to drive without liability
insurance.  Our illustrious state legislators have many times failed to pass
compulsory insurance legislation.  There are many, many, uninsured drivers
here.  To compound the insult, those of us who are insured pay an
additional premium to cover being injured by an uninsured motorist.
There must be something in the water down there in Springfield.
-- 
Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan