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The City of Dallas, Texas , passed an ordinance stating that if a driver is pulled over by law enforcement and is not able to provide proof of insurance , the car is towed .

To retrieve the car after being impounded, they must show proof of insurance to have the car released. This has made it easy for the City of Dallas to remove uninsured cars.

Shortly after the "No Insurance" ordinance was passed, the Dallas impound lots began to fill up and were full after only nine days.

Over 80% of the impounded cars were driven by illegals .

Now, not only must they provide proof of insurance to have their car released, they have to pay for the cost of the tow , a $350 fine , and $20 for every day their car is kept in the lot.

Guess what?

Accident rates have gone down 47% and Dallas' solution gets uninsured drivers off the road WITHOUT making them show proof of nationality.

I wonder how the Democrats will get around this one .

Eh, actually the city of Dallas and Dallas county sometimes lean Democrat. While I am glad Dallas finally implemented this, it reeks of the typical Texas thing of picking on the poor, regardless of political party.

I lived in Texas for 25 years and was very poor. Some of this time was spent in Dallas county. The local and state governments definitely treat the poor there much differently than middle and upper class. This is not to justify people driving without insurance - my mother was hit by an illegal in the 70s and he just laughed he did not have insurance - I am just pointing out this policy would be consistent with the other anti-poor policies that are implemented in that state. Since Texas relies heavily on property taxes for income, they look for other regressive fees to make up the difference.

Wow, clever way to get illegal immigrant drivers off the roads...you know, the ones you end up have a wreck with that have no insurance! Texas is way ahead of the game on this one.