Re: Driver Responsibility Assessment

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On 1/07/10, Pissed Off OutOfState Driver wrote:
> Ditto to all 3 of you.
> I'm so pissed off by this. I just recd a speeding ticket -my first one
> ever! I was keeping up with traffic and was going to plead not guilty
> but b/c I live in CT (2hrs away from the county in which I would have to
> go to court) I decided to plead guilty (b/c on the ticket the fee for
> speeding IS NOT even listed!
>
> If I had known it would have been $300 for speeding, I would have maybe
> just took the day off from work to fight it. But, b/c I already plead
> guilty, I just paid the darn thing.
>
> Then, lo and behold a week or 2 later- I get yet another FINE on top of
> a FINE to pay $300 DRA - what the (beep). I'm so pissed off! I sure
> would have went to fight this thing for $600!!!
>
> I'm a very responsible community member who is usually all-good with
> laws for treating ciminals a lesson, but my God, really!? I am thinking
> of not paying the DRA since I don't live in NY, but I do drive in and
> through there at least twice a year. So, now I'm afraid of getting
> pulled over and taxed w/ another fine. I guess I'll just have to use
> public transportation, or let someone else drive when I'm in NY for now
> on, eh? -So sad!
>
> On 11/16/09, another bitter out of state driver wrote:
>> On 4/02/09, Falcon wrote:
>>> I was also caught by this ridiculous law and refuse to pay the fee for
>>> this driver assessment. This was not only my first offense ever (I am
>>> an out of state driver (Massachusetts) with a still clean drivers
>>> license (no points on my license from an out of state violation)) but
>>> happened in small town when it was dark out and where the speed limit
>>> is very poorly posted (what does a speed zone mean to an out of state
>>> driver?) So the fee is so I don't offend again? Well, I'm not going to
>>> driving in the state ever again so they cant force me to pay the 300
>>> dollars without having informed me of anything previously. I would be
>>> more then willing to take part in anything targeted at shutting down
>>> this law.
>>>
>>> On 3/22/09, Simi72 wrote:
>>>> I too am from out of state and feel that this is extortion. I
>>>> would be more than happy to get involved with fighting this.
>>>> Especially with times as they are I know that I can't afford to
>>>> pay $550 for a license I dont even have (meaning my NY
>>>> license..I'm from georgia though...)
>>>>
>>
>> Add me to the list of out of state drivers caught in this tax-on-a tax
>> nonsense. How is there any sort of fair notice to out of state drivers?
>> I would have returned to fight the ticket if i had known about this
> law.

Ditto, again. Out-of-state, first offense. Ticket fine, surcharges, and DRA totaling $1000??!!
Robbery.