Lady Liberty Defended: Yet More on the Driver Abuse Fees

Friday, August 31, 2007

Yet More on the Driver Abuse Fees

Yeah, I know they are the Abusive Driver fees. Right...

Ok, so look at this article from the Washington Post, Va. Bad-Driver Fees Could Snag Officials
Lawmakers No Strangers To Infractions, Records Show. My feeling is that they better damn well snag some officials, particularly these damn elitists who pushed this taxation sans representation scheme. (By the way, if you supported this and I find out about it, you don't get my vote.)

The fees, which range from $750 to $3,000, were passed by the General Assembly in the spring as part of a package aimed at funding scores of transportation projects. Backers have also said the fees would improve highway safety by cracking down on the state's worst drivers -- those guilty of severe traffic offenses including drunken driving, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license.

But if some of the state's leading lawmakers -- as well as several backbenchers -- qualify, just who are the so-called abusive drivers?

"Just because you get one [ticket for going] 20 miles over, you may not be an abusive driver," Kilgore said. "We probably need to look at that."

Yeah, you might want to look at that.

The truth is that this ill conceived, elitist, back handed, method of avoiding voting for or supporting additional taxes while abusing drivers in the Commonwealth needs to be rescinded and never, ever re-visited.

Labels: AbuserFees, Politics