Rd Thompson said to Carol Shenkenberger
About: Re: Impoundment
Dated: 02-05-98  18:15hrs * D.A.R.E., Is Life!
 RT> Seems like you should have some recourse, either through your
 RT> insurance company or the jurisdiction that had your car impounded for
 RT> evidence in the trial.  In either case, I have a good idea what you
 RT> are going through.  My wife's car was hit while she was stopped at an
 RT> intersection.  The driver was a teen-age male who was specifically
 RT> excluded from the owner's insurance policy.  He hit and ran (my wife
 RT> got his license number) so the police caught up with him.  Anyway,
 RT> suspended license, no insurance coverage.  We had to pay.  The car was
 RT> out of the shop less than two weeks, when she got hit again by a young
 RT> woman.  Suspended license, no insurance, no registration on the car.
 RT> Guess what?  We have to pay to get it fixed again.  Meanwhile, the
 RT> police are saying (probably correctly) that they can't do anything
 RT> other than write tickets.   :^(
 RT> My wife is going to start pushing for legislation to get drivers like
 RT> that off the streets by immediately impounding their cars when they
 RT> get into an accident with no insurance and/or drivers license.
 Check into Ohio's Law as they already have such a thing.
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 Professional Security Agent  Commissioned State of Ohio; Notary Public
  eMAIL: s.charles@neopc.org -*- P.O. Box 1523 * Elyria, Ohio  44036-1523
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