[TexKan]

I heard a solution on uninsured / unliscensed last month on a talk show. Blame the car. That's right. Blame the car. If a car is cited 3 times you take the car and shoot it - Basically the car becomes "not allowed" on the streets. It's taken and sold. City / County gets the money and the driver is off the streets till he gets another car. Course in Tx the tag goes with the car - not the driver. When you buy a car the tag is already on it. People would think twice about loaning thier car out to just anyone.
I remember in the 70's I had a car in my back yard that I didn't keep the insurance up on and the MVD sent me a letter and told me I had 30 days to come down & show POI or they would come get the car. The tag was still current but we weren't driving the car. I had to go get insurance on the car since the tag was still in effect. I thought it was wierd but I'm tellin ya that's what I had to do. Course I'm sure things are different now.
In Texas what we do is pray a south of the border car will hit us - I'm tellin ya they settle "on the spot" cause they don't want the cops called. We had a guy that offered us 500 (our deductible) for a REALLY minute rear end hit. We settled for 100 - hell we weren't gonna go get it fixed anyhow all it took was some touch up paint - it was a scratch. Besides who has the time on a weekend to wait for a cop in Houston over a really minor accident. Hell there is real crime to fight.
BTW - how did this get to be so racist anyhow? I don't consider my self racist but I do get tired of people circumventing the leagal system. I know that undocumented folks are a problem but I also know they spend money and pay taxes while doing so. I just wish they went thru the process in a leagal fashion. But I gotta admit most of the men work - I still say it's just not fair that so many go thru the leagal channels to be here and others are given the same rights just because they got here by whatever means they could. To me that's the issue - it's not that they are here - it's that they cheated to get here. It's not fair to those that play by the rules. I honestly don't think profileing is the answer - besides - THAT is VERY illeagal and just wrong. But I also know if it walks like a duck, looks like a duck - it's probably a duck. Cops have their hands tied when it comes to that tho. They are voters just like the rest of us - it's not the cops job to solve the world's problems they keep busy with society's problems.