Thursday, August 02, 2007

Abusive Driver Fees

They were trying to raise road funds here by instituting "abusive driver fees" for habitual offenders. A judge struck them down.
A Henrico County general district judge ruled this morning that the state's new "civil remedial fees" are unconstitutional.

The state will appeal Judge Archie Yeatts' ruling to Circuit Court.
A lot of the arguments against these were that it wasn't fair to the poor schlub that got a ticket to have to also pay these fees. So, what was this particular case about?
The defendant, Anthony Price, had pleaded no contest to driving with a suspended license for the fifth time.
Ah, how about we skip the fine, and move straight to jail time?

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