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Driver Responsibility Tax Surprises Out of State Motorist
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| 2/21/2006
Posted on 02/21/2006 7:31:59 AM PST by getsoutalive
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To: Pessimist
Drivers make mistakes all the time. Any state that treats it's guests with outrageous ponzi revenue schemes is not worth visiting anyhow.
This has to be nipped in the bud at the USSC.
To: getsoutalive
Wow.. a blue state figuring out how to "tax" folks without representation.... who would have thunk it? /sarcasm
To: Justanobody
I guess I was wrong about the 3 years, myself. In MI it's only 2. I'd not heard of this before last month.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:17:00 AM PST
by
digger48
To: Justanobody
Though sold as affecting only "bad drivers" like those convicted of driving while drunk or on a suspended license, the extra fees kick in with just a few points on the driving record. I personally don't consider 8 points on your record "just a few" which is when the VA tax would kick in (if it gets thru the house).....with that said, I'm not saying I approve of the legislation, but that "just a few" comment is plain wrong.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:17:29 AM PST
by
Gabz
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To: Pessimist
As an out of state resident I fought a bogus parking ticket in Boston once. When I refused to pay it, they said they have the right to flag my license in my state and I could be refused renewal.
I didn't pay it and 13 years later continue to renew every year in my home state.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:18:04 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
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To: Gabz
I personally don't consider 8 points on your record "just a few" which is when the VA tax would kick in Oh, I didn't read the bill. I didn't realize it didn't kick in until you had 8 points.
like those convicted of driving while drunk ...
I wonder when they will add - or smoking a cigarette?
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:23:06 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
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To: getsoutalive
If he lives in a different state, how can NY enforce this? I would ignore it.
To: Justanobody
The same thing would be if an Ohio driver got a ticket in Michigan, then after paying said ticket received a notice at their home in Ohio from Michigan state, claiming they are an "at risk" driver in Michigan and have to pay an additional "driver's responsibility fee"Kind of like this - Ohio has a law that says vehicles must have a license plate on the front and back of the vehicle. Michigan only gives us one plate for the back. Several years ago I got pulled over in Ohio and was given a ticket for not having a plate on the front of my car. When I argued that I couldn't possibly have a second plate because Michigan didn't issue them, I was told "Too bad - we do"!
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:24:31 AM PST
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Justanobody
I wonder when they will add - or smoking a cigarette? Please don't give them any more bright ideas........
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:25:50 AM PST
by
Gabz
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To: getsoutalive
Sounds to me like they're (well, in this case "we're") getting ready for all-the-time GPS tracking of all vehicles.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:30:04 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Your taboos are not my taboos.)
To: Tokra
Several years ago I got pulled over in Ohio and was given a ticket for not having a plate on the front of my car. OMG - you should have fought that. PA has only one plate as well. I grew up minutes from the PA line. You would see as many PA cars as OH cars. This is the first time I have ever heard of this bogus trap.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:30:07 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
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To: getsoutalive
This is not something I would pay. Ever.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:30:41 AM PST
by
AbeKrieger
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To: Gabz
Oooops...sorry.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:30:54 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
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To: getsoutalive
Where's the Commerce "Clause" on this?
If a state can't impose extra duties on out-of-state trash at landfills how then can a state impose driving taxes on a driver who lives in another state?
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:33:06 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: getsoutalive
More bloated, cancerous government.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:36:12 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: Tokra
If you had State Farm, you wouldn't have had a problem, just call your agent and he'll bring the proof to you while the cop waits around and also your high blood pressure medicine if we were to believe their sappy T.V. commercials.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:36:34 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Old Professer
f a state can't impose extra duties on out-of-state trash at landfills how then can a state impose driving taxes on a driver who lives in another state? Because it is listed as a "fine" not a tax is probably how they can do it. I know it's just semantics, but you know they will find anyway they can to get around pesky things such as the Commerce Clause........
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:38:19 AM PST
by
Gabz
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To: Gay State Conservative
Any time you get a speeding ticket where you have reason to believe that the posted limit is below a safe speed you should ask the officer and the court if they can provide you with a copy or a reading of the last official traffic survey on that stretch of highway that supports the lower speed as necessary.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:38:58 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Omglol
he was doing at least 75 in the 45Where does it say that? He could just as easily have been doing less than what the cop wrote him for. When its your word versus the word of the cop, guess who wins?
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:40:18 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
To: Gabz
As another poster stated, this deserves a test case.
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posted on
02/21/2006 8:41:12 AM PST
by
Old Professer
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