If you can't afford insurance, you can't afford to drive!

Last year, Dallas passed an ordinance requiring the vehicles of uninsured drivers to be towed. The ordinance was put into effect in recent months. Oh, but that's so unfair, say the hispanic and black council members. Their fear, they say, is that the poor, particularly minorities, will suffer the brunt of the ordinance. "In these tough economic times, it's not just going to be immigrant famililes who are affected. It's going to be a lot of families going through hard times."

So let's analyze this. What they are saying is that if you are poor, you shouldn't have to abide by the law. If you are a minority, you shouldn't have to abide by the law.

As my mama used to say, "Horse Hockey!" The law affects everyone the same -- it doesn't say we're only going to tow poor people's cars. It says we're going to tow uninsured people's cars. If you're a law-abiding citizen, poor or not, you don't have to worry about your car being impounded. If you can't afford insurance, you can't afford to drive.

"Uninsured drivers face new tow law." The Dallas Morning News; December 30, 2008; p. 7B.