When your car?s impounded by the police it?s sent to an impound lot where they hold your car hostage. In my case, it was impounded on the Saturday of the 3-day Memorial Day Weekend. Not only do they charge $125 for a tow you didn?t want, they charge a ridiculous $31/day for it to sit in their lot (for reference, this rate is equivalent to triple what I pay for rent in Tacoma). Then, when you request to remove the car to avoid this ridiculous fee, they tack on another $57 as an ?after hours access fee?. End result is being ?forced? to pay $31/day on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday because of the three-day weekend.
Anyway, I had many of my questions answered about auto insurance (good information for any driver) from the Auto Insurance FAQ at faqfarm.com. There?s also a good how-to document on Small Claims Court and procedure in Washington State from the Northwest Justice Project, much of which talks about car accidents. WA?s Department of Licensing will apparently suspend both the driver and car owner?s driving license, pending the full payment of a liable accident claim (good leverage should collection be difficult). Also upon request of an accident victim, the DOL will release address information about the owner of a vehicle given a VIN, license number, or driver license. Interestingly I stumbled across a new program by the WA DOL that provides web access to check the validity of a Washington State identification card. Possible privacy concerns but could be useful for a variety of applications.
I think I?m too old to be doing this but spent a day playing Q-ZAR laser tag on Monday; an old past time my buddy and I enjoy doing. It?s been over 8 years since I?ve played but back in 1995 we designed their first web page that sort of started our internet business.