About those abuser fees….

Kenton’s found some more stuff :)

Can’t wait to hear the report from the press conference at 2pm ;)

This entry was written by vjp and posted on Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 1:30 pm and filed under Local, Politics, Virginia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

7 Comments

  1. Mark Brooks
    Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 2:10 pm | Permalink

    Wow.

    That is devastating and correct.

  2. Anon E. Mouse
    Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 2:25 pm | Permalink

    Wouldn’t it be the first and second anniversaries, not the second and third?

  3. Virginia Voter
    Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

    If a driver obeys the driving laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia, guess what, they do not have to pay the abuser fees. Bad behavior = punishment.

  4. Anon E. Mouse
    Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

    The punishment should fit the crime. Is it a crime to live in Virginia?

  5. vjp
    Posted Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

    AEM – I guess so :(

  6. anonymous
    Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 at 10:18 am | Permalink

    Say what you will about a gasoline tax, pro or con, but at least out of state drivers who fuel up in the Commonwealth while using Virginia’s roads pay the same amount we do.

  7. W. Donald Tabor Jr. DDS
    Posted Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 10:27 am | Permalink

    It is simply bad policy to use the courts as tax collectors. Governments, like individuals, respond to economic incentives. By making government dependent on taxes disguised as fines, we create an incentive for government to make lawbreakers of us all.

    These fees are expected to bring in $65 million a year, much of that from “Reckless Driving” in the form of tickets for 75+ mph on the Interstates which still have 55 mph limits.

    What happens if we all just drive 74 mph and no more? Do they just say, “Oh well, we’ll just tighten our belts” and let it go? Or do they find other ’serious offenses’ to make up the slack? Once government gets used to a revenue stream, they rarely give it up. Keep in mind that the BPOL tax was created to pay for the War of 1812. Do you see that tax getting repealed now that the Brits have really given up?

    What they will do is turn the whole State into a giant Emporia speed trap.

    Wm. Donald Tabor Jr., DDS
    Libertarian Candidate for Senate District 14