Michigan Begins Process Of Repealing Speeder Taxes And Responsibility Fees

Michigan has taken the first step toward repealing its tax on traffic ticket recipients. Last year, the state added $220 million worth of "driver responsibility fees" on top of existing fines for various sorts of moving violations. The legislature agreed to eliminate three separate taxes, saving 100,428 drivers $23.6 million a year. The partial repeal bill hit the desk of Governor Rick Snyder (R) yesterday. Snyder will enact the measure.

The driver responsibility program imposes a fee of $300 to $2000 on certain driving offenses, collected in two annual installments. In addition, it imposes an annual tax of $100 to $500 a year for anyone with more than seven points on his license. Drivers hit with the massive fees frequently found themselves unable to afford them. The program mandated that their license be suspended -- generating another fee. The net result was a 42 percent jump in the number of suspended licenses and a more than tenfold increase in people driving without insurance

Read Article

monster - 12/7/2011 9:21:39 PM

+2 Boost

They should also add life in prison too while they were at it.... wait that would not generate any money. they should increase the taxes on them to 10000 and then a recurring tax every year till they reach 0 points.

Even better they could have a lien on the house or the car itself. That's it... that's how you ripoff people.