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Should unlicensed drivers have their vehicles towed when pulled over for an offense?

Should unlicensed drivers have their vehicles towed when pulled over for an offense?


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Should unlicensed drivers have their vehicles towed when pulled over for an offense?

Yes,but only if they can not find licensed driver to drive the vehicle home.
Yes,regardless if they can find a licensed driver to drive the vehicle home.
No
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I say yes regardless if they can find a licensed driver to drive the car home.They are driving without license,they should have their car towed when pulled over for a traffic offense.Just letting some other guy tow the car will just mean the individual will go back to driving unlicensed.
 
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This apparently happens to you a lot, James. I view it as a non-issue. If you are unlicensed and driving a vehicle with a licensed driver in the car, the licensed driver should be permitted to drive your car to your home or his/hers as agreed upon.

What you seem to be suggesting is that by refusing a licensed passenger to drive the car, you would have the unlicensed driver punished in advance for something you THINK he/she will do in the future. That's draconian and rather big government of you.

The car did not commit the offense the driver did.
 
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The car should be towed and impounded until AFTER the case is closed, assuming the car is owned by the driver. If the person is unlicensed due to a DUI, the car should be confiscated and sold, assuming the car is owned by the driver.
 
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The car should be towed and impounded until AFTER the case is closed, assuming the car is owned by the driver. If the person is unlicensed due to a DUI, the car should be confiscated and sold, assuming the car is owned by the driver.

I will go one furhter. If the driver is an "illegal" alien without a drivers license the car should be towed away. Towing charges should have to be paid as part of getting the vehicle back. That way the tax payer is not on the hook for the tow. I almost would go with the confiscation and selling of the vehicle of an unlicensed/uninsured illegal alien,
 
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If the driver or his car unlicensed or uninsured, then the car should be towed. The owner then has 10 days to recover his car from the pound by licensing/insuring the car and having someone who can legally drive it collect it. Otherwise the car should be sold on, or crushed.
 
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I voted "they should never tow an inlicensed driver", but probably should have picked 'other'. There are times that I think it valid, but those times are few.
I say yes regardless if they can find a licensed driver to drive the car home.They are driving without license,they should have their car towed when pulled over for a traffic offense.Just letting some other guy tow the car will just mean the individual will go back to driving unlicensed.
It doesn't matter. They'll drive as soon as they get the car out of impound, too.


The car should be towed and impounded until AFTER the case is closed, assuming the car is owned by the driver.
There's a way to push someone down even further.


What you seem to be suggesting is that by refusing a licensed passenger to drive the car, you would have the unlicensed driver punished in advance for something you THINK he/she will do in the future. That's draconian and rather big government of you.

The car did not commit the offense the driver did.
This.

Towing the car is punishment, nothing more, nothing less. And this punishment is yet another proof that "innocent until proven guilty" is a myth in our society. We say it to make ourselves feel more superior to other societies, but when it comes time to walk the walk, it doesn't even register as a concern.
 
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I will go one furhter. If the driver is an "illegal" alien without a drivers license the car should be towed away. Towing charges should have to be paid as part of getting the vehicle back. That way the tax payer is not on the hook for the tow. I almost would go with the confiscation and selling of the vehicle of an unlicensed/uninsured illegal alien,

Towing charges and impoundment fees should be paid by every unlicensed driver. Illegals should be processed and sent to their country of origin if identified in any traffic incident or road block.
 
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I voted "they should never tow an inlicensed driver", but probably should have picked 'other'. There are times that I think it valid, but those times are few.

It doesn't matter. They'll drive as soon as they get the car out of impound, too.



There's a way to push someone down even further.



This.

Towing the car is punishment, nothing more, nothing less. And this punishment is yet another proof that "innocent until proven guilty" is a myth in our society. We say it to make ourselves feel more superior to other societies, but when it comes time to walk the walk, it doesn't even register as a concern.

Like I give a flying #### about an unlicensed driver's feelings.
 
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The car should be towed and impounded until AFTER the case is closed, assuming the car is owned by the driver.
If that were done, and the driver were not eventually convicted... who pays for the impound?

Question is for anybody, not just conservativeguy.
 
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That's the best response you could come up with? Really?
It was the only thought that crossed my mind.
 
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If that were done, and the driver were not eventually convicted... who pays for the impound?

Question is for anybody, not just conservativeguy.
Either you have a license or you don't.
 
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Either you have a license or you don't.
Since when is factual guilt/innocence important (in our justice system)? Somebody might beat the charge for any number of reasons.
 
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I say yes regardless if they can find a licensed driver to drive the car home.They are driving without license,they should have their car towed when pulled over for a traffic offense.Just letting some other guy tow the car will just mean the individual will go back to driving unlicensed.
Going a little OT here: How about people who do have a valid license, but just don't have it on their person at the moment?
 
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Since when is factual guilt/innocence important (in our justice system)? Somebody might beat the charge for any number of reasons.

A license is required to legally drive. You are stopped while driving, and don't have one. How do you "beat the charge?"
 
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Going a little OT here: How about people who do have a valid license, but just don't have it on their person at the moment?

I do not know about your state but in my state when the police pull you over they run checks on you. I think that you may even have a certain number of days to show up to city hall with your valid driver's license if you have a out of state license.
 
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So a passenger, that's a licensed driver, has to find another way home as a punishment for not questioning the legality of the driver before getting into the vehicle?
I'd better start carding everyone who gives me a ride.

Everyone knows that a man with his family isn't going to get his vehicle towed if his wife has a license. Many times friends will be allowed to drive the car. It's not like the Cops are going to give anyone a ride home. They just get pushed to have as many vehicles towed as they can by the City Councilman who's relative owns the impound lot.

There was one Hell of an impound lot scam here in Dallas a few years ago. Towing a car that isn't disabled is stupid. It's car jail, and it's stupid.
 
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Driving is a privelege, not a right. Unlicensed drivers have no business being on the road. They are unlicensed for a reason. Either they are too young to apply for a valid DL, they are too stupid to pass the tests for a valid DL, or their license has been suspended for cause. Whatever the reason, they are a danger to other drivers on the road.

Yes, the vehicle should be towed, and the unlicensed driver should be immediately cited.
 
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vehicles driven by an unlicensed driver - and those driven by someone under the influence - should be held as evidence
once the trial is concluded and the driver is found to have prevailed, then they get their vehicle back
if they are found guilty, they get their car back after paying whatever fine is imposed
 
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I do not know about your state but in my state when the police pull you over they run checks on you. I think that you may even have a certain number of days to show up to city hall with your valid driver's license if you have a out of state license.
This is how it is often done, but the states that I am familiar with leave towing up to the discretion of the officer. So, if you get a prick...
 
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vehicles driven by an unlicensed driver - and those driven by someone under the influence - should be held as evidence
once the trial is concluded and the driver is found to have prevailed, then they get their vehicle back
if they are found guilty, they get their car back after paying whatever fine is imposed
The fines would exceed the value of many of the vehicles on the road today.
 
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vehicles driven by an unlicensed driver - and those driven by someone under the influence - should be held as evidence
once the trial is concluded and the driver is found to have prevailed, then they get their vehicle back
if they are found guilty, they get their car back after paying whatever fine is imposed
Evidence of what?
 
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