🚀 go-pugleaf

on my way down to GWU today, I was nearly rammed by a small Pontiac with
State Dept. Diplomatic plates.  After cursing the driver, his family and
anyone else he might know, I was finishing my trip and pondering our
country's wonderful (smirk) legal system, and wondering...

1)  If this guy had actually hit me, would he be liable for the damages to
me and/or my vehicle?  I am assuming he was, in fact, a diplomat and
therefore subject to diplomatic immunity.  Would he be required to have
insurance?  Or, would he (or his country) be required to pay for damages
he causes?  I was once rear-ended by a diplomat while I was driving my old
car.  He did very little damage and I decided that he probably wouldn't be
required to pay for it and if he were, the drawn-out process wouldn't be
worth it.  But this is my NEW car...I'd hate to think I'm at the mercy of
some little dork from a useless little country who probably gets a lot
more financial support from the US than I do.

2)  Does anyone have a canonical list of the plate abbrevaitions and the
countries they correspond to?  I could just go to every embassy and look
at the cars parked outside, but that would be tedious.  The guy who almost
hit me had "TH" on his plates...I'd settle for that one so I could write
my congresscritter and suggest that we break off relations with that
country so our streets could be safer...

Drive safely...
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