In the US, cars are impounded on a regular basis for everything from committing a crime to parking in the wrong spot. Most of the time, these cars sit in an impound lot before being claimed or auctioned off. The process is likely similar in other countries. However, Latvia has come up with a novel approach. Instead of selling off the impounded cars, the government is pressing them into war service and sending them to the Ukrainian army.
Recently approved by Latvia's new coalition government, the program uses cars impounded from drunk driver arrests. It was proposed by Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karin and was championed by the finance ministry, which is currently preparing the program for implementation.
