Re: Ticket w/o radar

[Nathan Belo <belo@eskimo.com>]

On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Linus Toy wrote:

> At 12:00 AM 1/29/97 -0800, Wayne Michelsen wrote:
> >> don't forget that
> >> the insurance companies would be salivating at the thought of a
> >> 911 owner with a less than perfect record.
> >
> >Now, that's a whole other can of worms to open.  I agree those SOBs
> >look for any way to milk unjustified money out of you so they can
> >cover the fraudulent claims and poor risks that they are forced to
> >cover under legal constraints.  We all have to pay them enough
> >already.  ...
> 
> this topic's been on both lists lately...
> 
> there's a story i once heard of a guy in the Puget Sound area.  he allegedly
> had 100+ tickets in the last few years.  don't know all the details, but the
> basics are he fights each ticket, almost always getting off.  his only risk
> is if he gets more than 2 or 3 in a year that stick, then his license is at
> risk.  howz that?  this doesn't work for everyone:  he's self insured, both
> collision/comp _and_ liability.  he's posted a $50,000 bond with Washington
> state, which gets him past the mandatory liability law.  
> --linus
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