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A Note to all Texas Drivers
May. 10th, 2012 12:04 pmIf you get a ticket, or maybe several tickets, and pay them off.
it's the same as pleading guilty.
nolo contendere is also guilty for the purposes of this shit btw.
once you've been declared guilty Texas will asses a surcharge on you.
and while you have surcharges outstanding you will be unable to renew your license.
and even after you pay off the fines for paying the tickets that you got.
you'll have to pay a reinstatement fee for the fact that you paid off the fines for the tickets you paid.
so YOU HAVE TO PAY A TAX FOR PAYING A TAX FOR PAYING THE TAX.
Shit like this is why I'm 100% opposed to police being used as revenue generators.
they need to be stopping and preventing actual crimes. not bugging me for going slightly faster than some random guy decided is safe, at night on an empty road.
used to be paying the ticket was enough, then the insurance company would rake you a bit for getting a ticket.
now it's the ticket, the surcharge, the reinstatement fee and the insurance rates going up. and god help you if you're required to carry an SR22...
I've driven for many years without a license. not having a piece of pretty plastic didn't wipe the ability from my brain. but all this bullshit to actually be "legally" driving again? I want to go back and kill the asshat that decided that it was required to have a license for any-damn-thing.
it's the same as pleading guilty.
nolo contendere is also guilty for the purposes of this shit btw.
once you've been declared guilty Texas will asses a surcharge on you.
and while you have surcharges outstanding you will be unable to renew your license.
and even after you pay off the fines for paying the tickets that you got.
you'll have to pay a reinstatement fee for the fact that you paid off the fines for the tickets you paid.
so YOU HAVE TO PAY A TAX FOR PAYING A TAX FOR PAYING THE TAX.
Shit like this is why I'm 100% opposed to police being used as revenue generators.
they need to be stopping and preventing actual crimes. not bugging me for going slightly faster than some random guy decided is safe, at night on an empty road.
used to be paying the ticket was enough, then the insurance company would rake you a bit for getting a ticket.
now it's the ticket, the surcharge, the reinstatement fee and the insurance rates going up. and god help you if you're required to carry an SR22...
I've driven for many years without a license. not having a piece of pretty plastic didn't wipe the ability from my brain. but all this bullshit to actually be "legally" driving again? I want to go back and kill the asshat that decided that it was required to have a license for any-damn-thing.
