Recent tickets drive home lesson on fees for delegates
Two delegates, architects of the abusive driver fees, have gotten speeding tickets recently.
By Mason Adams
Two advocates of a state transportation bill that included "abusive driver fees" were each caught during the past year driving 80 mph in a 65 mph zone on Interstate 81.
House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith and Del. Terry Kilgore's tickets weren't eligible for the abuser fees, which just took effect July 1 and can run as high as $3,000 for a felony offense. But if they'd been driving just a little faster and few months later, each could have been subjected to a $1,050 fee to be paid over three years.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
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