Re: Driver Responsibility Assessment

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On 8/15/08, jola500 wrote:
> On 6/09/08, M Bennett wrote:
>> I hope I am on the correct message board. I need someone
>> willing to explain how the Driver Responsibility Assessment
>> imposed by the DMV (I live in Western NY) is not considered
>> extortion or an overstepping of boundaries between the
>> legislative and judicial branches of the state government.
>> I will give more details as to the specifics of my situation
>> to those with any interest in this. I am concerned with
>> both the method this assessment is imposed as well as the
>> the reasoning and goal of the assessment.
>
>
> Yeah, it's insane alright. I'm wondering if I can just
ignore
> it since I don't live in NY. From what I understand, the
> state of NY only seems to have the authority to suspend a NY
> driver's license for non-payment of the assessment and I'm
> out-fo-state. After doing some research online, though, it
> seems most states have adopted this assessment program.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice if they actually told us what they're
> using the money for? Is it going for road improvement or
> just lining political pockets?
>
> Oh yeah, I might add that I received my ticket in the mail
> with the option to plead guilty or not guilty. AFTER
> pleading guilty and paying the fine, I was then served the
> assessment which informed me that pleading guilty left me no
> way out of fighting it.

This is a classic example of law inforcement officials
behaving more like crooks,