Driver's License Suspensions and the Debt Trap

Taking away a license over unpaid fines for minor traffic infractions makes work and family life a misery for low-income Americans. States should reform this punitive, unjust practice.

Wicker: States Should Ban Ban License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines

In a state with 1M license suspensions, Ohio voter ID law could depress turnout - Ohio Capital Journal

DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS – Prosecutor-Led Diversion Toolkit

New ACLU Report Finds Debt-Based Driver's License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources

Ohio Poverty Law Center - Posted @withrepost • @legalaidcle “Debt-related suspensions” (DRS) trap people with limited means in an impossible cycle: they cannot afford the required payments, so they need to work

Bill to allow drivers with traffic debt to keep licenses has bipartisan support

Bill to reduce debt-based driver's license suspensions faces final hurdle

America's cruel way to punish poor debtors: take away their driver's license, Peter Edelman

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