Hi Carol, as you were just saying about Re: Impoundment....
CS> I dont deny they had to have the car for the investigation.  I do think 
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CS> wrong *I* had to foot the bill for it though.  Its all 
CS> well and good to say
CS> 'sue them for it' but the kids were underage and the parents were on
CS> welfare.  Tried it.  6,000$ it cost me.  I'd rather the car was NOT 
ound.
CS> It would have cost me much less.
Seems like you should have some recourse, either through your
insurance company or the jurisdiction that had your car impounded for
eveidence in the trial.  In either case, I have a good idea what you
are going through.  My wife's car was hit while she was stopped at an
intersection.  The driver was a teen-age male who was specifically
excluded from the owner's insurance policy.  He hit and ran (my wife
got his license number) so the police caught up with him.  Anyway,
suspended license, no insurance coverage.  We had to pay.  The car was
out of the shop less than two weeks, when she got hit again by a young
woman.  Suspended license, no insurance, no registration on the car. 
Guess what?  We have to pay to get it fixed again.  Meanwhile, the
police are saying (probably correctly) that they can't do anything
other than write tickets.   :^( 
My wife is going to start pushing for legislation to get drivers like
that off the streets by immediately impounding their cars when they
get into an accident with no insurance and/or drivers license.
RD 
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