laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE wrote:

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:53:39 -0700, Scott en Aztl=E1n
<scottenaztlan@yahooNOSPAM.com> wrote:

In Arizona, if you get into a collision and don't have insurance, the
cops impound your car.

http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/metro/91125.php

Tucson police have impounded around 30 vehicles in the past 20 days
under a strict new state law that requires police to seize crashed
vehicles if the driver isn't insured.

Police also have received a lot of phone calls from people wanting to
know how to get their cars back, said Capt. George Stoner of the
Tucson Police Department. The explanation is long, and online
instructions cover five pages.

Based on violation numbers from past years, TPD expects to impound up
to 2,500 vehicles in the law's first year, Stoner said. In past years,
officers impounded vehicles only for evidence purposes and probably
seized fewer than 100 a year.

Pretty good idea but i wish they'd combine it with some jail time for
the criminals that drive uninsured. This is no time for crimnal
coddling.

Really, and we ought to make it a felony with long hard time for
driving around a vehicle that isn't properly maintained.