[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gorm', 'A')m I getting this correctly,that a lot of posters here thinks that driving an uninsured car should be legal? Or a least not punished?

[sittinguy]

Car insurance is not that exspensive. There are legal alternatives. Here in Florida you can have a motorcycle with no insurance. I don't feel bad for these people that want to spend thier money on stupid stuff. They need to get thier priorities straight

[Stonemason]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', 'S')orry, but I have to disagree with this article's tone and content.

I hate government constantly raising taxes and overspending, but government actually having meaningful fines for crimes and enforcing them is something that should have happened long ago.

And whining that people shouldn't have to pay for minor crimes like parking tickets and driving without insurance doesn't cut it with me. Citizenship implies responsibility. Can't behave responsibly? Then pay a painful fine, and learn something.

Can't do the fine? Then don't do the crime.

Too many times I hear, for example, some waitress whining in a diner about how she had to go to court for driving without insurance, but the judge let her off. Yeah, too much spent for cigarettes, liquor, etc. to buy auto insurance, so *I* get to pay for it with uninsured motorist insurance.
(And what is the incentive for her to behave responsibly again?)

Or the guy whining about paying a $30 fine for parking in a handicapped space (he's 30ish and apparnently in perfect health). In a rational system, the $1000 fine he'd pay might convince him to park in a legal spot. (Or, perhaps 20 handicapped folks could pound him with their canes, if he couldn't afford the fine).

So - sorry, but whining that citizen irresponsibility is dandy, but government irresponsibility is terrible makes no sense to me. After all, WE ARE the government.

[mattduke]

I think anyone who has not purchased driving insurance should be beaten senseless.

[Gorm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sittinguy', 'D')riving to work was half of my monthly wages.

[mattduke]

Each car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[Arsenal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Arsenal', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[Revi]

The average person pays about $6000 a year to keep a car on the road. They will be using that money just to eat soon.

I realized that we aren't buying new cars any more now.

We are going to drop back to one car within the next 5 years, then down to a low speed electric, then shanks mare.

Here's a car we built that we can run on a penny a mile. It costs about $250 to insure it:

[Gerben]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[Arsenal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EnergyUnlimited', '
')For owning one they will confiscate your car.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', 'S')o at what point does this start to hit the middle class? And at what point do the authorities start to be seen as an oppressive occupational army?

[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[bshirt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gollum', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mattduke', 'E')ach car should have a gps device. The instant a driver exceeds the speed limit, he will be instantly fined. The system is linked to his bank account, which is also mandatory. Only speeders would not like this law.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Arsenal', '
')I for one accept that challenge. Some states made it illegal to have radar detectors.... People just found a way around the system. Hiding in grills etc.. They will do the same with gps jamming devices.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bshirt', '
')That scares the heck out of me too. The idea of giving even more power to TPTB is beyond bizarre.

They're the last people on the planet I ever want to reason with. Ever try talking sense to a bureaucrat? The average gerbil is a far better bet.

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'W')hen we let them get away with oppressing citizens. See above re: anti-blight ordinances, etc.

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he average person pays about $6000 a year to keep a car on the road. They will be using that money just to eat soon.