You get pulled over for speeding. You get a ticket. You can’t afford to pay. Your license is suspended.
You get pulled over again. For driving without a license, you owe more.
It keeps happening. Eventually, you go to jail.
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You keep driving. You keep ending up in jail.
You now owe thousands of dollars.
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As of January 2018, there were approximately 1.4 million records of people ineligible to obtain their licenses under this program. trib.it/lp
The idea was simple: hold bad drivers responsible and keep them off the road by suspending their licenses. trib.it/lp
But the majority of unpaid surcharge cases are people with non-public safety related offenses.
Like driving without a valid license. trib.it/lp
You have to keep working to pay it off. But you lose your license. So, you drive to work without a license. You get pulled over. Now, you owe more.
You keep driving. You go to jail. You owe more.
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The biggest obstacle has been finding the money to replace the roughly $144 million the program brings to the state. trib.it/lp
Read more here. trib.it/lp