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Originally Posted by Tijuana_Tom
How come nobody fought mandatory Car insurance this hard? You go to JAIL for not having car insurance, lol.
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A) Insuring your car isn't mandatory. You can choose not to insure your car. You're thinking of LIABILTY coverage, which covers the victim if I run you over. Liability coverage, protecting you from me, is also not mandatory. I can choose to risk MY health. That's different from me choosing to risk YOUR health.
b) Liabilty coverage is not mandatory. Only IF I decide to put you at risk with my driving, I need to show that I can be responsible for any accidents I cause. I can choose to do that using insurance, proof of sufficient assets, a cash bond, or other ways. I just have to prove that I can take care of any accidents I cause, or I can choose to take the subway instead.
c) STATES have the constitutional authority to have me sure proof of financial responsibility if I want them to give me a license. The court agreed today that under tne enumerated powers it's unconsititutional for the FEDS to require you to buy insurance for yourself. The constitution doesn't give them that power. (But the court allowed them to skirt the constitition by calling it a tax.)
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