Utah Law Can Send Uninsured Vehicles to Impound Lot

Police in Utah have a little more power when it comes to keeping uninsured drivers off the road.

A new state law allows police to impound any vehicle that is on the road and not insured. Before, police could only issue a citation for driving without insurance. Now officers can write the ticket and take the car, too.

The new law went into affect on May 5.

Police say drivers who had to pay higher rates would take their chances with a $1,000 fine repeated citations for driving without insurance.

The state representative who sponsored the bill says one of the first cars taken off the road belonged to a man who was convicted twice of driving under the influence and could not get insurance.

Latest Comments

• May 30, 2008 at 10:57 am

  Walter says:

  I hope that this law spreads to many more states. In Ca, its being debated whether a cop is allowed to remove the tages from a car where the driver isn't able to show proof of... read more
• May 30, 2008 at 8:30 am

  Dawn says:

  A truck driven by a drunk hispanic (illegal) with no drivers license plowed through my yard- where my children play- and hit a tree in my yard. Saved my neighbors house. He wa... read more
• May 29, 2008 at 6:54 am

  Dustin says:

  Finally, a decent piece of legislation. Hopefully they enforce it.