Posted On: January 15, 2009, 9:55 am CST

Posted By: Dawn

I don't know where you drive, but in S Fla, Anarchy IS what's happening on the roads. That's my point.

Enforce what we have and raise the penalty so it's not worth the risk. If the penalty for no insurance is $5K, insurance only costs $3K, people would actually buy insurance. Right now it's only $500, so it's 'worth it' to risk it. Plus the so-called law that says if you cause an accident and don't have liability, it's $1200 fine? I've personally reported 2 people who hit me and known of 3 others that were reported, and guess what? NOTHING. OUR insurance companies paid for damages while the drivers with no insurance walked away.
And no license? 15-25 times picked up is the average for one person before they do a few days in jail. (or they kill someone)

The ONLY people who will be affected by a cell phone ban is the people who work, have insurance, have tags, and care about fines and points. And, IMHO, is what's wrong with it. Easy money for municipalities. They won't target the car with no hood or tags, because they won't pay anyway. They'll target us. And, yes, I've had cops tell me point blank that if a 'nice' car is going 95 vs a POS going 95, the nice car will get stopped because they will pay the fine. The POS probably has no insurance, no license, but it's a 'cost' to the municipality because they will never pay the fine until they are pursued. (which costs money) And the fines aren't high enough to justify further legal action, even if you could find them. (which a lot of them just disappear)

If they'd get the others off the road, the number of accidents would drop. Again, not rocket science.