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Re: If I have the facts [marsha7] by paisan
Nov 30, 2008 (6:21 pm)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Nov 28, 2008 2:02 pm)

In some states no insurance or dwi or a few other offenses actually does make that person wrong, no matter ho would be in the wrong if they were not committing such infactions.
 
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That does not by marsha7
Dec 01, 2008 (8:40 am)
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make sense...my failure to have insurance as the lead car does not alter your responsibility for rear-ending me...my lack of insurance in no way caused your negligence in failing to stop before striking my rear...that, to me, is common sense, but we all know that some state's laws have no common sense...
 
After all, their laws are usually written by...........................LAWYERS!!!!!
 
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Re: That does not [marsha7] by jwilliams2
Dec 01, 2008 (8:51 am)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Dec 01, 2008 8:40 am)

Wait a minute.....what about the "non-insured tractor beam" that sucks you into the non-insured car?
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jwilliams by marsha7
Dec 01, 2008 (10:49 am)
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Only a fool would beleive in a "non-insured tractor beam"...I cannot believe the silliness expressed by this poster...
 
Now, if you will excuse me, I will beam myself up to the courthouse where I will confer in high legal terms, incomprehensible to a layman like you, with Kirk, Spock, Picard and Data...
 
I will leave you now, at Warp Factor 7, as I have run seriously low on our supply of Di-Lithium Crystals...
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Re: jwilliams [marsha7] by steve_ HOST
Dec 01, 2008 (11:20 am)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Dec 01, 2008 10:49 am)

If you drive around without insurance, couldn't the state say you can't avail yourself of the court system, so that you couldn't sue the at fault driver even though he smashed into your car? I guess the public policy implications of that are too big, but it would sure encourage more people to get car insurance.
 
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Re: If I have the facts [marsha7] by euphonium
Dec 01, 2008 (11:35 am)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Nov 28, 2008 2:02 pm)

The uninsured was advised by the at fault driver that he, the at fault driver, would not report the crash to the state if the uninsured paid for the damages to the at fault driver's car. The purpose was to help the uninsured keep his driving PRIVILEGE from being taken away by the state's Financial Responsibility Law which states, "Thou shall not be INVOLVED in a crash without insurance."
 
Determination of Fault, otherwise, is not the issue. It is not extortion either. It IS an opportunity for the uninsured to keep his license for the PRIVILEGE not deserved by being uninsured.
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euphonium by marsha7
Dec 01, 2008 (12:46 pm)
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Please understand, I am NOT justifying driving w/o insurance...I think the uninsured driver should be "hanged from the neck until dead" (as they say in the old westerns with a hanging judge, not to be confused with a hanging chad)...anyone driving w/o insurance should be fined the maximum, in the hopes that they will NEVER consider doing that again...plus, as a plug, that is why all those who DO have insurance, always have U/M coverage, in case you ARE struck by the idiot who is uninsured...
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Re: jwilliams [steve_] by houdini1
Dec 01, 2008 (1:14 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 01, 2008 11:20 am)

I think I have read somewhere that your insurance is invalid and won't pay you a dime if your car is damaged while you are committing a crime. I think driving without insurance could be classified as breaking the law.
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Re: jwilliams [houdini1] by mikefm58
Dec 01, 2008 (7:19 pm)
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Replying to: houdini1 (Dec 01, 2008 1:14 pm)

I think driving without insurance could be classified as breaking the law.
 
Morally, yes. Legally, no. Driving w/o insurance, though very stupid and wrong, is not a criminal offense.
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Re: jwilliams [mikefm58] by euphonium
Dec 01, 2008 (10:02 pm)
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Dec 01, 2008 7:19 pm)

DUI in British Columbia is a crime up there even if you were convicted of same in the lower 48. (Perhaps it is true in the whole country because............
 
Yanks with a DUI have been turned back by Canadian Customs so maybe being caught driving without financial responsibility will some day be a crime also on the Socialist agenda down here.

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