Why even bother getting a license?

I can't believe there's even a debate about this.

Apparently, if someone is pulled over in Denver and is an unlicensed driver, the police don't bother with impounding your car. Which means that unlicensed driver gets back in their car and continues driving unlicensed, and probably uninsured.

Four out of ten traffic stops in Denver are unlicensed, and so they're probably uninsured. Over 49% of traffic fatalities in Colorado involve at least one unlicensed driver.

There are a lot of things I love about Denver, but this isn't one of them. I'm guessing that the $210 a year we pay for uninsured motorist coverage would be at least a little lower if there weren't so many unlicensed drivers cruising around.

Apparently the City Council's argument is that police have better things to do than sit around waiting for a tow truck to show up. I know for a fact that at least one tow company that Denver uses generally shows up within fifteen minutes of calling - they do personal towing also and I've had to use them several times to tow cars to the mechanic. The longest wait I've ever had was twenty minutes. The City Council also argues that the law unfairly targets illegal immigrants. They're choosing to ignore that there's a reason the state doesn't give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. It's because they're illegal. Not to mention, Denver already has awful traffic. If Denver police were allowed to be more diligent about taking unlicensed drivers' cars off the road, how long would it be before some of the traffic snarls would lessen? It's piecemeal, it's slow, but given the data, is it really too much to ask that driving in Denver requires a license?