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Regulation * USA - Bye, bye fees
So, OK, abusive-driver fees are on the out and we probably won’t see them again
VA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Skil Carr -January 16, 2008: -- The death-knell has sounded for Virginia’s controversial abusive driver fees, so for all the readers that thought these were a bad idea, your wish is coming true... The abusive-driver fees in question were civil penalties drawn up to fine drivers going 20 mph over the speed limit $1,050, plus $61 in court costs, in addition to existing fines that typically total $200. Also, a first-time drunken driver faced a $2,250 civil penalty – plus fines and court costs that typically run about $500 or more – under the abusive-fee regime, while driving without a license came with a mandatory $900 civil penalty in addition to the ordinary $100 for a fine and court costs... Many reasons are being trotted out for the failure of these fees, probably the biggest being that they only applied to in-state residents. That stuck in everyone’s craw, because if you didn’t pay them in three installments over 26 months, you’d lose your license: not so for someone from Ohio or any of the other 49 states in the Union... So, OK, abusive-driver fees are on the out and we probably won’t see them again. But here we are left facing a yearly pile of bodies on our highways with no one – politicians and John Q. Public as well – willing to seriously address it...
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