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House Passes Another Abusive Driving Fee Repeal
   posted 3:44 pm Tue January 29, 2008 - Richmond, Va.
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The House overwhelmingly passed another version of the repeal of high, punitive fees on bad drivers.

In the Senate, however, a final vote on a similar bill was again delayed amid legal concerns over whether the state can void fees a court has already assessed.

Delegate Tim Hugo's bill passed the House on a 96-to-2 vote Tuesday.

ABC 7 News myTAKE - What's Your Opinion?The fees on egregious driving can easily top $1,000 over three years. Virginians were livid when they took effect in July because they don't apply to nonresidents.

Judges assessed about $13 million in fees through December and collected about $4 million of that. It's well below the $65 million a year in revenue the fees were expected to generate for highway maintenance.
Latest Comment on House Passes Another Abusive Driving Fee Repeal
John61
Drwho, how can you say this is abused by the police. Most officers that I know have backed down on the amount of people charged with the higher traffic offenses. Why is it that everyone always wants to put the blame on the cops who are doing what the people hire them to do. I take it that you feel it is ok for people to run up the back end of others and do 80 to 120 because they think they can. What genious idea do you have to stop these people from doing what they want on the roads. No matter what the state does, people like you want to say that it is stupid. Well I'm a little sick and tired of people cutting me off and running up my tail all the time because they can't get there lazy butts up on time to go to work or they live 80 miles from there job. Why not throw some ideas out there and let us know what you would do about the problem. Or are you one of those on the road that feels everyone else including the cops a a burdon to you? I also don't suppose you feel that a person with a minus 30 driving points are a problem too? As for the bicycle rider, I guess you don't read the paper and see how many bicycle riders are involved in accidents or the cause of accidents every year, if they use the road, they are subject to the same rules and regulations as everyone else.

     
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