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To: Gauguin who wrote (13024)	9/29/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

The thing that confuses me (okay, "one" thing among thousands) is that it is already in the interest of insurers to sweep out the uninsureds. I meeen, we gotta assume that each paying policyholder is a source of earnings. If there really is this big pool of dorks driving "naked", I'd expect the big insurance underwriters to convince the motor vehicle and law enforcement communities to get tough with uninsureds. The way we've "gotten tough" (a bit over the top imho) with DUIs. There's cash money in it for the insurers. But they're not doing it. What am I missing? The pie is already out there, even without levying yet another surcharge on dead dinosaurs. (If I were gonna tax gas, I wouldn't sully it with penny-ante stuff like auto insurance. No, I'd go after bigger fish, like clean air and carbon cycle management. Clean air is something we have much more of thanks to legislation since the 70s. Now time to fill in some annoying gaps, like buses and other big Diesels.)

To: Gauguin who wrote (13024)	9/29/1998 5:23:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Putting an insurance tax on gasoline wouldn't reward safe drivers. A kamikazi like Alex in a Toyota would pay less than a careful driver in a SUV. Gasoline bought for farm equipment doesn't have the road taxes added on. At times a farmer might back his car up to the tank out by the barn and fill 'er up with some 60 cent gas. The state boys have figured that out and they do a dipstick test. Run a dipstick down into the tank and it better come out without any of the dye that is put in the tax free gas. State and federal fines like you can't believe.