WhiteHatter From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 946 times:
Started earlier yesterday (Tuesday) around these parts.
The local plod have new powers to snatch cars which are uninsured, and unless the driver turns up pronto with papers to prove it then the car gets the mechanical hug of death and turned into a block of scrap steel the size of a coffee table.
It's done by a new system which is installed in a police car at the side of the road. Numberplates are read and compared to a database supplied by insurers, and if it comes back as not having insurance then the driver gets stopped. Over 130 cars so far in just one day were seized, with over 30 people arrested for related offences.
ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 1, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 928 times:
Good - uninsured motorists have no business driving. I don't care if the vehicle is new . . . insure the damn thing. I agree with Whitehatter - I'm tired of paying extra $$$ for protecting myself against the moron that doesn't insure him/herself.
I wish Alaska would enforce their insurance laws in a similar fashion.
FLYtoEGCC From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 947 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 915 times:
About time too. Despite the new legislation, I did fear that it would never come into practice because of the authorities' obsession with speed cameras and the consequent lack of Police patrols. It's nice to see something is being done about it at last.
Redngold From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 6907 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 913 times:
Here in Ohio if you are pulled over and can't show proof of insurance, you don't drive home. Your car gets towed from the spot.
F9Widebody From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 1604 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 910 times:
Good. Plenty tired of idiots not paying for insurance.
Quoting WhiteHatter (Thread starter): the car gets the mechanical hug of death and turned into a block of scrap steel the size of a coffee table.
Didn't see anything about this in the paper. It seems to make very little sense...why destroy a car that could be seized and auctioned off?
Mr Spaceman From Canada, joined Mar 2001, 2780 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 906 times:
Hi guys.
Here in Ontario, if you get caught driving a car without proper insurance, you automatically get a $5,000 fine! You are convicted on the spot! The government has a Zero Tolerance policy about this.
So, if you choose to drive without insurance & you get nailed, your license is revoked until the fine is paid.
Regarding car insurance companies .... don't get me started! It's all a big friggin scam! That's why so many of the tall glass skyscraper buildings in large cities are owned by banks & insurance companies! They use the money they've scamed out of your pocket to build them.
Here's a single car crash I came across while 100 miles North of Toronto a few weeks ago. The driver wasn't hurt at all (he was very lucky!). He lost control for some reason. I guess his car insurance will go up!!!! If I was him, I'd say I swerved to miss a deer.
PS, the woman in the first shot is a.net member Vaporlock.
LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12331 posts, RR: 12 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 880 times:
Probably most of the cars seized in the UK for not having insurance are probably old, beater klunkers close to their time to end their driving life anyway. I doubt they would crush them immediatly, they would have to wait for the paperwork to be processed.
Luv2fly From United States of America, joined May 2003, 11957 posts, RR: 51 Reply 9, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 855 times:
Quoting Redngold (Reply 3): Here in Ohio if you are pulled over and can't show proof of insurance, you don't drive home. Your car gets towed from the spot.
redngold
That might be true, though when you go to renew your plates for your car you are not required to show any actual proof of insurance? I use to live in Michigan and until you showed proof you did not get new plates for your car. I think OH is behind the times on this issue.
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 11, posted (7 years 6 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 802 times:
Quoting WhiteHatter (Thread starter): Good. I'm effing well sick of paying thirty quid a year extra on top of my insurance bill to compensate people for the damage uninsured drivers do.
agree 100%
Quoting F9Widebody (Reply 4): It seems to make very little sense...why destroy a car that could be seized and auctioned off?
Becuase more often than not those cars uninsured are old and in most cases unroadworthy too - worth bugger all and scrap is the best thing for them, get the deathtraps off the road.
Just when I thought I could see light at the end of the tunnel, it was some B*****d with a torch bringing me more work
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It's all a big friggin scam! That's why so many of the tall glass skyscraper buildings in large cities are owned by banks & insurance companies! They use the money they've scamed out of your pocket to build them.
agree 100%
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