The Oppression of the Lower Class by the California Department of Motor Vehicles
High traffic fees and fines quite often cause financial difficulties for the lower class. Transportation has become a necessity over the past one hundred years. Unfortunately with the constant improvements in vehicle technologies the cost of owning and maintaining a vehicle has constantly increased. Going hand in hand with these vehicle improvements the California Vehicle Code (CVC) has become extensive, covering every possible driving mistake with a traffic infraction. Following these changes the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has constantly grown to cover the needs of the 27 million vehicles (DMV update 1998, 3) owned in the state with high vehicle registration fees and traffic fines.
The problem with these fees and fines is that they cause compounding problems if left unpaid. Running a little late on a registration fee will begin with a 10% increase if 1-10 days late and jump all the way to 60% if 31 days -- 1 year late. These are penalties, which target the poor. A financially comfortable licensee will not have the problems of paying a modest fee to the DMV thus, avoiding late fees. Supposing an upper class licensee forgot to pay the resulting penalty would not cause any hardship or their PG&E shut off. (CA DMV, web-site)
Leaving the registration unpaid for a couple of months, the licensee hypothetically gets pulled over and given tickets for driving an unregistered vehicle and speeding. The registration fees continue to compound and the registration goes unpaid. Owing more to the DMV the licensee cannot afford the cost of living and excessive fines. Registration fees get coupled to the fines imposed and before the...
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drivers. Department of Motor Vehicles. December 1990.
DMV Update. Department of Motor Vehicles. Winter 94-95 p 1-4.
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Oregon Department of Transportation web-site. (www.odot.state.or.us/dmv/veh-
fees.htm)
California Department of Motor Vehicles web-site. (www.dmv.ca.gov)
News Bank News File. (http://infoweb5.newsbank.com/bin.) Pg. 7 section
Impounds. (I made a mistake not printing the first page missing critical
information about newspaper and writer. That's why I included Sen. Quentin Kopp, and the law SB 833)
Kim Christensen / Jeordan Legon No Papers, No License. The Orange County
Register, Jan. 3, 1994, p B1
Implementation and Evaluation of a pilot project to better control disqualified
drivers, Department of Motor Vehicles. December 1990, preface p. VI
to tear this law down I believe that California can not afford to do without
than pay the fine. Waiting in the courtroom to see the judge can be very close
The case, Dunlap v. Tennessee Valley Authority, explores the issue of suspected racial discrimination associated with disparate treatment and disparate impact caused by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) against a qualified, experienced boilermaker and foreman that is African American. Questions for the court to evaluate regarding this case include: Is this a case of disparate treatment and/or impact and was the plaintiff, David Dunlap, subject to racial discrimination? Finally, did the TVA use personal hiring practices that allowed for racial bias in the interviewing process?
If we are going to be honest, the roadways for the state have NEVER been free. We have paid both state and federal gas tax for decades, now, and we also pay various taxes and licensing fees on our cars and our right to drive which go directly to the highway department in order to maintain the roads. Unfortunately, as we will soon see, the monies raised in this way cannot keep up with the state transportation departments needs, for a variety of reasons.
Also, she received less moving tickets than the incompetent driver in Edwards who had eleven moving tickets and two DUIs, and the driver in Hornady Truck Line who received six speeding tickets. Yet, it does not mean she can drive properly. Tickets of disregarding the traffic control device, running the red light, and driving without license show her careless and reckless personality which one would not expect to see from a competent driver. Also, she got all those tickets in two months, comparatively short time for receiving comparing to the driver in Hornady Truck Line who received six speeding tickets in four years and the driver in Edwards who receive all the tickets during sixteen years. The high frequency of receiving a comparatively large number of tickets may be able to show her incompetence to operate and control a car properly, as illustrated by her failure to turn with road and lost control of the car in this
Do you know how many people die each year of Drunk Driving ? that’s right a lot nearly 25,000 people die each can you believe it . If you don't like to follow the rules you either get jail time , a harsh punishment ,lose your license not bad right ? It’s not bad its horrible how of one dumb mistake you make you lose everything instantly . You lose your family , your life ,your car , people you love , there’s no going back . Unless you have some kind of magic powers which nobody does . The punishments you get are pretty bad they have different ones in each country . For Example in Turkey you have to walk 2 miles away from your town with a police escort. In other countries you lose your license forever.
...nsed, disqualified or uninsured driving: Blameless driving and the scope of legal causation. Journal of Criminal Law, 78(1), 16-21. doi: 10.1350
Misdemeanors are crimes that are typically punishable by no more than one year of local county jail time and have no more than a $1,000 fine. Misdemeanors can range from very minor to very severe. Misdemeanors are less severe Crimes that are considered misdemeanors include DUI’s, petty theft, driving with a suspended license, vandalism, prostitution, possession of drugs, not allowing an officer to search or inspect, failure to stop if law enforcement is trying to pull you over, refusing to show your license to a police officer, causing injury with a motor vehicle when driving with a suspended or revoked license, hit and run, driving in the wrong direction, drag racing, throwing an object at another vehicle on a freeway, failing to install a court ordered ignition interlock device within the 30 day grace period, and reckless driving. Misdemeanors typically proceed with an arrest, an arraignment, a pretrial and then a court or jury trial. During the arrest stage you will be taken to jail. The jail will do one of three things, either you will be let out of jail with no charges fil...
DUIs have blindly taken lives of citizens, and the punishment for this crime does not meet its destruction. In Mississippi, the first offense of a DUI carries only a ninety-day license suspension. Drunk drivers kill people every year. If DUI punishment became stricter, and careless drunk drivers paid the full consequence of their wrongdoing, the number of people killed by drunk drivers would decrease. Some argue that if the government strengthened DUI laws, it would have an economically negative effect on a city’s social drinking aspect; however, DUI laws would have a direct effect on repeated offenders and drinkers who disregard the law.
The American economy has suffered many financial blows in the recent years, but none have such a drastic and heavy effect on the average American than the rising gas prices. A solution to the Gas Crisis, a new and formidable crisis involving the high cost for gasoline powered transportation, must have widespread results across American commuters to either increase the efficiency of drivers, drastically lower gas prices, or provide alternate modes of transportation, consequently allowing for American commuters to be able to efficiently transport themselves at a moderate price.
After the first year you get your licence, getting a "DUI", speeding, or getting in an accident revokes your license for six months, and to regain it you must retake the driver's ed course. The law proposes a similar punishment for having low grades: If you have a failing grade in two terms, you lose your licence for six months. This proposed law punishes a kid failing a class and a kid who physically wrecks his car at the same degree. It is absurd to hold kids at such high degree of punishment based on two grades. There are several reasons why a child might fail academically, like a loss in the family. If you do have a good reason for failing a class, you have to be reviewed by your principal and have him personally write a letter to the Department of Motor Vehicles. This tedious process unfairly gives students a very severe punishment for a minor, irrelevant
Knowing that their license will be revoked on their first crime would make them think of the consequences before going behind the wheels. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, first time drunk drivers are subjected to license revocations which varies from state to state and ranges from ninety days to a year. While those who earn their second or third DUI conviction face having license revoked for another two to five years. Nevertheless, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has confirmed that about fifty to seventy percent have continued to drive without license. Out of the thirty-three percent of people who has revoked license about twenty percent them are repeated offenders. (NHTSA, extent of driving) Looking at this statistics surprisingly people still drive drunk after being caught once. People who have been convicted more than four times are given probation and then their license are given back to them. The law is too lenient, and the law enforcement are not rebuffing these people to the full extent, which gives people the motivation to do it again. I think people will learn their lesson if a first time offender’s license is to be revoked for at least five to ten years, and for second or third time offenders, permanent license revocation should be made mandatory. Possibly, people will start to understand the consequences they will face if caught driving under the
Wald, Matthew L. "Senate Version of Bill Pushes States to Adopt Stiff Drunken Driving Penalties." New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) ed.: 0. Jun 17 2005. ProQuest. Web. 3 Apr. 2014.
A plea of nolo contendere based on the violation of the code section should establish a sentence. When determining the number of previous convictions or pleas of nolo contendere pursuant to the felony provisions in paragraph four only those crimes in which a conviction is given or a plea of nolo contendere is approved on or after July 1, 2008 should be recognized. Limitations on penalties should apply when a defendant has been sentenced of violating by one transaction more than one of the four provisions of subsection a of the code section. The judge has the power to suspend up to one-half of a fine under subsection c of the code section upon the defendant’s treatment in a substance abuse treatment program according to code section 40-5-1. The code section 40-6-391.3 states that a school bus driver should upon being sentenced of violating this code section while driving a school bus should be penalized by imprisonment for no less than one year nor more than five years and
Discrimination is all over the world and it's is a very serious problem in society. We judge each other daily because of their gender, ethnicity, religion, age, and the way a person behaves. Discrimination is the “unequal treatment provided to one or more parties based on a mutual accord or some other logical or illogical reason” (merriam-webster). In the modern world of the United State of America the topic of discrimination in the Justice system is debatable because there is considerable evidence confirming both individual and systemic biases. The United States has an extended history of discrimination in several aspects of life, including employment, public accommodations and education. Nowadays there are extremely biased individuals and