It also looks at how the driver’s license suspension and reinstatement process varies “widely” from county to county. In this report, FFJC examines, in detail, the increase of types and amounts of fines and fees and how they have been relied on to fund the clerks across Florida. The Fines & Fees Justice Center (FFJC) examined Florida’s “license-for-payment scheme” in its December 2019 report Driving on Empty: Florida’s Costly Driver’s License Suspension Practices. They should just not violate traffic and other laws, right? Step back and look at the big picture, it’s more complicated. It’s easy enough to be dismissive of the predicament of the almost 2 million Floridians with suspended driver’s licenses. The inability to pay the court costs and fines can start an avalanche of financial and legal trouble. or “drive dirty” (drive without a license) and risk criminal charges, more fines and fees, etc. The choice becomes do not drive and potentially lose your job, get evicted, etc. If you are unable to pay court costs, even with non-driving related matters, your license gets suspended. These were not necessarily dangerous drivers, they are people who cannot afford to pay the fines and fees imposed by the courts. In Pinellas County, in 2018, there were 31,731 “failure-to-pay” suspension notices, which is 4.09% of the 775,470 licensed drivers in the county. Almost 2 million Floridians have suspended driver’s licenses.
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