ANNAPOLIS, Md. —Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is backing bipartisan legislation that would allow a driver who owes a traffic debt to keep their license.
Paying a traffic ticket is not always high on the priority list -- sometimes people put it off to pay other bills -- but if you don't pay it, the consequences are severe. Frosh said Wednesday that tens of thousands of people get their licenses suspended because they didn't pay a ticket or fee.
Jason Butler, of Baltimore, spent a month in jail for driving with a suspended license. He initially got a traffic ticket for failing to signal. When he didn't pay, the fine and court costs mounted.
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And as a civil debt it will be turned over to a collection agency who will hound you day and night and make you life a living hell.
ReplyDeleteWhy the issue now - election year!
ReplyDeleteBut they will still gladly take it for late child support payment
ReplyDeleteNow raise the theft limit and you have a wonderful city for scofflaws.
ReplyDeleteI believe that paying for a drivers license is a hardship. The fees should be eliminated!
ReplyDeleteI believe that paying for registration is a hardship. The fees should be eliminated!
I believe that paying for tolls is a hardship. The fees should be eliminated!
Etc. etc. etc. to infinity
HOW /:$&@ STUPID THIS FROSH IS !!!!!
I agree but frosh thinks a person who can’t stay out of jail from drinking and being a moron deserves to be taken care of. You and me DENIED
DeleteProblem is Statutory Law, which is unconstitutional
ReplyDeleteVery few Americans even know what Common Law meant for the Founders.
Truth
DeleteHow about if you can't pay your fine you get assigned to complete some community service. They can pick up trash off of the roadway and see how dangerous speeding can be..
ReplyDeleteHow about community service in keeping our streets and sidewalks clean?
ReplyDeleteWell that should make sure that nobody feels the need to pay their traffic fines. Just don't pay it. What the hell. Why pay if there's no penalty?
ReplyDeleteThis must be to PROTECT the EBT peeps.
ReplyDeleteADD the fine and Interest on to there REGISTRATION RENEWAL.
ReplyDeleteLike to know how many elites in Maryland haven’t paid like they don’t pay their income taxes.
ReplyDeleteDon't pay your electric bill or car payment and see what happens. These deadbeats don't have to take one bit of responsibility for their actions or lack thereof.
ReplyDeleteA driver's license is a privilege not a right. If you can follow the rules of a privilege then you have no right to that privilege. It's amazing how we can turn a privilege into what politicians think should be a right.
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