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echo: askacop
to: SCOTT MCQUILKIN
from: RD THOMPSON
date: 1998-02-08 16:31:00
subject: Re: Impoundment

Hi Scott, as you were just saying about Re: Impoundment....
SM> RT> Seems like you should have some recourse, either through your
SM>  RT> insurance company or the jurisdiction that had your car impounded 
or
SM>  RT> evidence in the trial.  In either case, I have a good idea what you
SM>  RT> are going through.  My wife's car was hit while she was stopped at 
n
SM>  RT> intersection.  The driver was a teen-age male who was specifically
SM>  RT> excluded from the owner's insurance policy.  He hit and ran (my wife
SM>  RT> got his license number) so the police caught up with him.  Anyway,
SM>  RT> suspended license, no insurance coverage.  We had to pay.  The car 
was
SM>  RT> out of the shop less than two weeks, when she got hit again by a 
young
SM>  RT> woman.  Suspended license, no insurance, no registration on the car.
SM>  RT> Guess what?  We have to pay to get it fixed again.  Meanwhile, the
SM>  RT> police are saying (probably correctly) that they can't do anything
SM>  RT> other than write tickets.   :^(
SM> 
SM>  RT> My wife is going to start pushing for legislation to get drivers 
ike
SM>  RT> that off the streets by immediately impounding their cars when they
SM>  RT> get into an accident with no insurance and/or drivers license.
SM> 
SM>  Check into Ohio's Law as they already have such a thing.
Thanks for the pointer.  Do they have a website where that can be
searched? 
RD 
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