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Corpus Christi will begin insurance checkpoints, auction off uninsured vehicles

It sounds like a Soviet-era cliche - "Show me your papers, comrade, or we'll seize your property" - but Corpus Christi will begin setting up "insurance checkpoints" aimed at towing and ultimately auctioning off vehicles of the one in four divers in the city who don't carry auto insurance, reports the Caller-Times:The police department got the green light from City Council on Tuesday to step up enforcement against uninsured drivers.The council approved $180,000 from the city's general fund to help increase enforcement. Police Chief Troy Riggs said the department's plans call for hiring two more impound control officers, buying a new wrecker and doubling the number of auto auctions to 12 a year. Adding six auctions is expected to generate $510,000 a year, he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).