There was a bill to make 3rd party liability insurance compulsary. I put in a submission against, but only because (as I recommended) alternate forms of demonstrating capability to pay should be made available like being bonded. I made the argument that Muslims consider insurance a form of gambling and therefore a sin, so these alternate forms should be made available to them. I made the financial argument that companies with large fleets of vehicles save a lot of money overseas by being bonded instead of insured and this would help our economy.

The bill did not pass, there were no modifications toward my recommendation. Today there still is no requirement.

According to the police report website, the police will not be involved as nobody was injured, it is up to use to sort it. They just wanted a report.

I will wait for the boy or his father to contact me about if their insurance needs to come out. If not I'll contact them again and get it sorted. If it is up to me I'll have someone tow the truck to Manawatu Toyota and have them fix it, and then charge the boy. I might have leniency on him, in exchange for him listening to an old man's wisdom for 15 minutes. I might be able to make a difference in his life. He seemed like a good kid, just had a cheap car with bald tires in a downpour.