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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: DWI Crackdowns
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 02:01:41 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 02:01:41 1985
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Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
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In article <1065@ihlpg.UUCP> tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL) writes:
>> > What about revoking (through law) of the offender's license AND insurance?
>> 
>> 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.
>---------------------
>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.  

Well, in CA, liability insurance IS compulsory.  We have been hit by five
drivers in the last eight years.  Three of them were not insured.  Passing
a law does not, of itself, change people's behavior.  Enforcing them
might, but CA hasn't gotten around to trying that, yet.

FROM:   Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc.
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