Many are hoping an end to driver responsibility fees will help stymie the cycle of poverty that the program has been charged with helping create and promote. Still, with the revenue stream gone, the state will now have to find new ways to fill the financial gap. Upon its creation, the program was billed as a way to discourage repeated bad driving behavior through economic incentive.
Sounds like a winner to me! June, PM DetroitDad Guest. Stop driving so much and walk, bike, or take the bus. June, AM Originally Posted by rb Originally Posted by Ltdave. Unrealistically-low speed limits, as described above, are a big contributor to the problem of the Driver Responsibility Act.
This process can be repeated any number of times. It can be difficult to avoid speeding tickets. I've avoided them in Michigan since the end of the mph speed limit, but I pay abnormal attention to traffic-cop behavior. Most people don't make such a science of it.
It's true that a driver is foolish to leave a ticket unaddressed, but how steep do we want the penalty to be for being foolish? I have come to think of the Driver Responsibility Act as a tax on poor, stupid losers -- Michigan's last inexhaustible resource. And incidentally, those mph speed limits on 5-lane city streets are, since November 9, , almost certainly illegal. Most cities have not updated their traffic ordinances and speed limits to comply with the change in state law that took effect that day, and the majority of speeding tickets issued on city major streets [[not state highways or county roads, or subdivision streets would not withstand a proper challenge.
This just makes the Driver Responsibility Act all the harder to tolerate. I encourage Detroiters with opinions on this issue to attend Rep.
Scott's committee hearing on Friday. Originally Posted by xstigmatax. So bottom line is you get charged twice for the same infraction plus do not even get any chance to have your say. Yep, that is a real "winner". Join Date Apr Posts 1, Fortunately, this has never been a concern of mine. This does look like a case of double dipping.
Don't they already receive a ticket for the driving without insurance violation? Why charge a fee? If the fee is for driving while uninsured, does this allow them to drive around uninsured and not receive tickets? Once they do buy insurance, do they have to continue to pay the fee? Does the money go to those people that have been involved in accidents with those that don't have insurance?
That would make sense, if not, I don't know, it sounds like a revenue grab scam. Sorry, but you get no sympathy from me. Stupidity should be painful. The Driver Responsibility Act was a straightforward revenue-raising move. Of course, the number of unlicensed and uninsured drivers is bigger than ever. Yeah the driver responsibility law is a real winner. Explain that to someone who maybe forgets to put their new insurance card in the car, gets pulled over for something like a faulty headlight and ends up with a no proof insurance ticket.
Michiganders who were affected by the Driver Responsibility Fee Law will be relieved of their outstanding fees, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury. Beginning on March 31, individuals who entered into a payment plan on or before Feb. Individuals who did not enter into a payment plan on or before Feb. For payment plan options, affected persons are asked to contact the state Treasury Department at Some individuals may participate in a qualified Workforce Development Program in lieu of payment beginning on March
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