NM Governor-elect to revoke illegal aliens' drivers’ licenses

[Ban Hammer 13,407]

The result of these types of measures will be an increase in driving costs for those who are legal and buy insurance. It's one of those reactionary ideas that gets the right's juices rising but actually has no positive outcome on the problems that it's supposed to address and has a negative affect on everyone else. Brilliant.

i'd be interested in seeing a link that supports that statement.

[Peikko 1,575]

i'd be interested in seeing a link that supports that statement.

Use your common sense. Who do you think pays for accidents that uninsured drivers get into?

[Ban Hammer 13,407]

Use your common sense. Who do you think pays for accidents that uninsured drivers get into?

so it's a fail on your part. having a driver's license does not automatically mean one has insurance. and even if one has insurance on the date of application, they can drop it the next day (thus saving on paying premiums).

[Peikko 1,575]

so it's a fail on your part. having a driver's license does not automatically mean one has insurance. and even if one has insurance on the date of application, they can drop it the next day (thus saving on paying premiums).

What are you driveling on about? Who claimed that it does? A small number of perfectly legal citizens don't bother buying insurance, that's my point, duh! However, making sure an undocumented migrant can't get a license is going to ENSURE that they don't get insurance either, and I'm betting a lot of them DO have it now. The more uninsured drivers there are on the roads, the higher the premiums for the rest of us who do.

[peejay 327]

What are you driveling on about? Who claimed that it does? A small number of perfectly legal citizens don't bother buying insurance, that's my point, duh! However, making sure an undocumented migrant can't get a license is going to ENSURE that they don't get insurance either, and I'm betting a lot of them DO have it now. The more uninsured drivers there are on the roads, the higher the premiums for the rest of us who do.

Talk about drivel. Stating that giving illegal aliens licenses equates into more of them might get insurance is about as stupid as letting them work illegally 'cuz some of them might pay income tax. It misses the point altogether which is the main point. Namely that they have no legal right to be in the USA to begin with. They are illegal aliens.

Send these scofflaws back where they came from and all of your supposition is moot. Why even legitimize the illegitimate? The fact that it puts the cart before the horse is an understatement.

The fact that US citizens break laws too is no justification for accommodating illegal aliens either. They should be dealt with as well.

Edited December 25, 2010 by peejay

[SuperDuper! 230]

States have the authority to keep them locked up until ICE picks them up. Just ask Sheriff Joe.

Gotta Love that Sheriff Joe. Protecting the people AND their tax money!

[Ban Hammer 13,407]

What are you driveling on about? Who claimed that it does? A small number of perfectly legal citizens don't bother buying insurance, that's my point, duh! However, making sure an undocumented migrant can't get a license is going to ENSURE that they don't get insurance either, and I'm betting a lot of them DO have it now. The more uninsured drivers there are on the roads, the higher the premiums for the rest of us who do.

how clueless you are!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Good. When we eliminate the demand to be here illegally, then the illegals will stop being abused to line the pockets of people trying to avoid laws to protect workers and slavery will finally be ended.

[james&olya 1,121]

Good. When we eliminate the demand to be here illegally, then the illegals will stop being abused to line the pockets of people trying to avoid laws to protect workers and slavery will finally be ended.

[웃 910]

No license = more paranoia which affects mental state of driver....also guarantees that illegal will do a hit-and-run anytime he is involved in an accident....you also decrease fees that the illegals would have paid to the state for obtaining licenses....many more side effects

I don't see the positives in not letting them get a license.

[Ban Hammer 13,407]

No license = more paranoia which affects mental state of driver....also guarantees that illegal will do a hit-and-run anytime he is involved in an accident....you also decrease fees that the illegals would have paid to the state for obtaining licenses....many more side effects

I don't see the positives in not letting them get a license.

i highly suspect that would happen with or without insurance.

[웃 910]

i highly suspect that would happen with or without insurance.

I'm not talking about insurance. I'm talking about with or without a drivers license.

Why would an illegal do a hit-and-run if they can show a drivers license. They don't ask for proof of citizenship when you are pulled over. You just show the DL and insurance/registration and then you are issued a ticket and on your way.

But when you are illegally on the road it's a whole 'nother story and you do have to run or they will impound your car and take you to jail....

[justashooter 430]

But when you are illegally on the road it's a whole 'nother story and you do have to run or they will impound your car and take you to jail....

sounds like justice to me.

[Nina~ 431]

i'd be interested in seeing a link that supports that statement.

When I was a senior in college, an insured (legal USC) driver hit my car. My rates went up the next year even though the accident was not my fault, and my dad's rates went up too because I was under his policy when I made the claim. Also, I had to pay for the deductible whereas the guy who hit me paid nothing and he just had a scratch on his front bumper

[Obama 2012 1,714]

When I was a senior in college, an insured (legal USC) driver hit my car. My rates went up the next year even though the accident was not my fault, and my dad's rates went up too because I was under his policy when I made the claim. Also, I had to pay for the deductible whereas the guy who hit me paid nothing and he just had a scratch on his front bumper

Then you shouldn't have made a claim!

In all seriousness though, that's why insurers that offer 'accident forgiveness' are some of the best ones out there. Even though it's not your fault, the moment you make a claim, then you are considered a 'risk.'